#2D85C9#2D85C9

#2D85C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.132 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D85C9
RGB	rgb(45, 133, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(206, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 33.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -2.32, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 42.61, 266.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0532 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.132 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0083, 21.5476, 58.3516)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D85C9 #C9712D

analogous

#2DC9BF #2D85C9 #2D37C9

triadic

#2D85C9 #C92D85 #85C92D

tetradic

#2D85C9 #BF2DC9 #C9712D #37C92D

square

#2D85C9 #BF2DC9 #C9712D #37C92D

split-complementary

#2D85C9 #C92D37 #C9BF2D

monochromatic

#174365 #226497 #2D85C9 #59A2DA #8BBEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2D85C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2D85C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D85C9

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D85C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D85C9	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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: #2d85c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 133, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.132 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da8da',
    500: '#2d85c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d85c9;
$custom-light: #7da8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d85c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59752,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D85C9

secondary

#CFA483

accent

#8941E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B0F15

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D85C9

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

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