#2E85B8#2E85B8

#2E85B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.112 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E85B8
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 184)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(202, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 27.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, -8.32, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 35.11, 256.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.058 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.112 239)
XYZ	xyz(18.1626, 20.8145, 48.3985)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E85B8 #B8612E

analogous

#2EB8A6 #2E85B8 #2E40B8

triadic

#2E85B8 #B82E85 #85B82E

tetradic

#2E85B8 #A62EB8 #B8612E #40B82E

square

#2E85B8 #A62EB8 #B8612E #40B82E

split-complementary

#2E85B8 #B82E40 #B8A62E

monochromatic

#163E56 #226287 #2E85B8 #50A3D3 #81BDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#2E85B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#2E85B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E85B8

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E85B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E85B8	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D85BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e85b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.112 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa8cd',
    500: '#2e85b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e85b8;
$custom-light: #7aa8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e85b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58858,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.20817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E85B8

secondary

#C89779

accent

#7F45E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E85B8

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

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