#2E85B6#2E85B6

#2E85B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.110 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85B6
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 182)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(202, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -9.03, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 34.31, 254.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0586 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.11 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9544, 20.7312, 47.3022)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85B6 #B65F2E

analogous

#2EB6A3 #2E85B6 #2E41B6

triadic

#2E85B6 #B62E85 #85B62E

tetradic

#2E85B6 #A32EB6 #B65F2E #41B62E

square

#2E85B6 #A32EB6 #B65F2E #41B62E

split-complementary

#2E85B6 #B62E41 #B6A32E

monochromatic

#153E54 #226185 #2E85B6 #4FA3D2 #80BCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#2E85B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#2E85B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85B6

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85B6	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E85B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.110 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa8cc',
    500: '#2e85b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85b6;
$custom-light: #7aa8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.618,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58755,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85B6

secondary

#C89578

accent

#7E45E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85B6

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

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