#2E85A5#2E85A5

#2E85A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85A5
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, -14.94, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 28.66, 238.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0647 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.094 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3030, 20.0706, 38.6048)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85A5 #A54E2E

analogous

#2EA58A #2E85A5 #2E4AA5

triadic

#2E85A5 #A52E85 #85A52E

tetradic

#2E85A5 #8A2EA5 #A54E2E #4AA52E

square

#2E85A5 #8A2EA5 #A54E2E #4AA52E

split-complementary

#2E85A5 #A52E4A #A58A2E

monochromatic

#133845 #215E75 #2E85A5 #45A7CB #75BED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#2E85A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#2E85A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85A5

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85A5	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)

#7482A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a8bf',
    500: '#2e85a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85a5;
$custom-light: #77a8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57925,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85A5

secondary

#C0846F

accent

#7148E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85A5

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

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