#2E85A6#2E85A6

#2E85A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.095 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85A6
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 166)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, -14.60, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 28.92, 239.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0644 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.095 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3944, 20.1072, 39.0860)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85A6 #A64F2E

analogous

#2EA68B #2E85A6 #2E49A6

triadic

#2E85A6 #A62E85 #85A62E

tetradic

#2E85A6 #8B2EA6 #A64F2E #49A62E

square

#2E85A6 #8B2EA6 #A64F2E #49A62E

split-complementary

#2E85A6 #A62E49 #A68B2E

monochromatic

#133846 #215F76 #2E85A6 #46A7CC #76BED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#2E85A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#2E85A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85A6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85A6	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7383A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.095 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a8c0',
    500: '#2e85a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85a6;
$custom-light: #77a8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57971,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85A6

secondary

#C1866F

accent

#7248E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85A6

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

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