#2E85A8#2E85A8

#2E85A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.097 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85A8
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, -13.91, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 29.49, 241.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0636 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.097 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5793, 20.1812, 40.0598)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85A8 #A8512E

analogous

#2EA88E #2E85A8 #2E48A8

triadic

#2E85A8 #A82E85 #85A82E

tetradic

#2E85A8 #8E2EA8 #A8512E #48A82E

square

#2E85A8 #8E2EA8 #A8512E #48A82E

split-complementary

#2E85A8 #A82E48 #A88E2E

monochromatic

#143948 #215F78 #2E85A8 #47A6CD #77BDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#2E85A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#2E85A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85A8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85A8	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7383AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6277A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.097 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a8c2',
    500: '#2e85a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85a8;
$custom-light: #77a8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58065,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85A8

secondary

#C28870

accent

#7348E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85A8

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

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