#2E85AA#2E85AA

#2E85AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.099 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85AA
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 170)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -13.23, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 30.09, 243.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0629 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.099 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7670, 20.2563, 41.0486)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85AA #AA532E

analogous

#2EAA91 #2E85AA #2E47AA

triadic

#2E85AA #AA2E85 #85AA2E

tetradic

#2E85AA #912EAA #AA532E #47AA2E

square

#2E85AA #912EAA #AA532E #47AA2E

split-complementary

#2E85AA #AA2E47 #AA912E

monochromatic

#143A4A #215F7A #2E85AA #48A6CD #78BDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#2E85AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#2E85AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85AA

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85AA	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7283AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6177A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.099 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8c3',
    500: '#2e85aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85aa;
$custom-light: #78a8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.903,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58161,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85AA

secondary

#C38A71

accent

#7547E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85AA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →