#2E85A3#2E85A3

#2E85A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.093 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85A3
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 163)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, -15.61, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 28.15, 236.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0655 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.093 225)
XYZ	xyz(16.1224, 19.9984, 37.6536)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85A3 #A34C2E

analogous

#2EA386 #2E85A3 #2E4AA3

triadic

#2E85A3 #A32E85 #85A32E

tetradic

#2E85A3 #862EA3 #A34C2E #4AA32E

square

#2E85A3 #862EA3 #A34C2E #4AA32E

split-complementary

#2E85A3 #A32E4A #A3862E

monochromatic

#133744 #215E73 #2E85A3 #44A8CA #74BED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#2E85A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#2E85A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85A3

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85A3	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7482A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6476A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.093 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a8be',
    500: '#2e85a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85a3;
$custom-light: #77a8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57833,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.2
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85A3

secondary

#BF826D

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85A3

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

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