#2E85B2#2E85B2

#2E85B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.106 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85B2
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -10.44, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 32.80, 251.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.06 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.106 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5469, 20.5682, 45.1561)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85B2 #B25B2E

analogous

#2EB29D #2E85B2 #2E43B2

triadic

#2E85B2 #B22E85 #85B22E

tetradic

#2E85B2 #9D2EB2 #B25B2E #43B22E

square

#2E85B2 #9D2EB2 #B25B2E #43B22E

split-complementary

#2E85B2 #B22E43 #B29D2E

monochromatic

#153C51 #216181 #2E85B2 #4CA4D1 #7DBDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#2E85B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#2E85B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85B2

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85B2	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F84B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.106 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8c9',
    500: '#2e85b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85b2;
$custom-light: #79a8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.455,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58553,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85B2

secondary

#C69176

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85B2

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

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