#2E85A4#2E85A4

#2E85A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.093 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85A4
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 18.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, -15.28, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 28.40, 237.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% -0.0651 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.093 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2124, 20.0344, 38.1273)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85A4 #A44D2E

analogous

#2EA488 #2E85A4 #2E4AA4

triadic

#2E85A4 #A42E85 #85A42E

tetradic

#2E85A4 #882EA4 #A44D2E #4AA42E

square

#2E85A4 #882EA4 #A44D2E #4AA42E

split-complementary

#2E85A4 #A42E4A #A4882E

monochromatic

#133744 #215E74 #2E85A4 #45A7CB #74BED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#2E85A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#2E85A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85A4

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85A4	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7482A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.093 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a8bf',
    500: '#2e85a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85a4;
$custom-light: #77a8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57879,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85A4

secondary

#C0836E

accent

#7048DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85A4

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

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