#2E85B3#2E85B3

#2E85B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.107 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85B3
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 179)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, -10.09, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 33.17, 252.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0596 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.107 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6477, 20.6085, 45.6868)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85B3 #B35C2E

analogous

#2EB39F #2E85B3 #2E43B3

triadic

#2E85B3 #B32E85 #85B32E

tetradic

#2E85B3 #9F2EB3 #B35C2E #43B32E

square

#2E85B3 #9F2EB3 #B35C2E #43B32E

split-complementary

#2E85B3 #B32E43 #B39F2E

monochromatic

#153D52 #216182 #2E85B3 #4DA3D1 #7EBDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#2E85B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#2E85B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85B3

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85B3	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F84B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.107 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8ca',
    500: '#2e85b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85b3;
$custom-light: #79a8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.752,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58603,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85B3

secondary

#C69276

accent

#7C46E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85B3

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

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