#2C85C9#2C85C9

#2C85C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.132 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C85C9
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(206, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -2.43, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 42.66, 266.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0537 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.132 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9648, 21.5252, 58.3496)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C85C9 #C9702C

analogous

#2CC9BE #2C85C9 #2C37C9

triadic

#2C85C9 #C92C85 #85C92C

tetradic

#2C85C9 #BE2CC9 #C9702C #37C92C

square

#2C85C9 #BE2CC9 #C9702C #37C92C

split-complementary

#2C85C9 #C92C37 #C9BE2C

monochromatic

#164365 #216497 #2C85C9 #58A2DA #8ABEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2C85C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2C85C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C85C9

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C85C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C85C9	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6588CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F79C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c85c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.132 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca8da',
    500: '#2c85c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c85c9;
$custom-light: #7ca8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c85c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.987,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59726,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C85C9

secondary

#CFA382

accent

#8941E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B0F15

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C85C9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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