#2E85AE#2E85AE

#2E85AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.102 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85AE
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, -11.84, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 31.38, 247.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0614 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.102 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1512, 20.4099, 43.0718)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85AE #AE572E

analogous

#2EAE97 #2E85AE #2E45AE

triadic

#2E85AE #AE2E85 #85AE2E

tetradic

#2E85AE #972EAE #AE572E #45AE2E

square

#2E85AE #972EAE #AE572E #45AE2E

split-complementary

#2E85AE #AE2E45 #AE972E

monochromatic

#143B4D #21607E #2E85AE #4AA5CF #7ABDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#2E85AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#2E85AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85AE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85AE	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7184B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.102 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8c6',
    500: '#2e85ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85ae;
$custom-light: #78a8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.219,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58354,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85AE

secondary

#C48D74

accent

#7846E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85AE

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

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