#2E5E8A#2E5E8A

#2E5E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.089 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E5E8A
RGB	rgb(46, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, -1.51, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 29.27, 267.05°)
OKLab	oklab(46.94% -0.0327 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(46.94% 0.089 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7152, 10.4203, 25.5391)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E5E8A #8A5A2E

analogous

#2E8A88 #2E5E8A #2E308A

triadic

#2E5E8A #8A2E5E #5E8A2E

tetradic

#2E5E8A #882E8A #8A5A2E #308A2E

square

#2E5E8A #882E8A #8A5A2E #308A2E

split-complementary

#2E5E8A #8A2E30 #8A882E

monochromatic

#0F1F2E #1F3F5C #2E5E8A #3D7DB8 #669BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#2E5E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#2E5E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E5E8A

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E5E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E5E8A	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B608C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e5e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.089 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#718bac',
    500: '#2e5e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e5e8a;
$custom-light: #718bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e5e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46937,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E5E8A

secondary

#B38861

accent

#914EDA

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E5E8A

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

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