#2E6E8B#2E6E8B

#2E6E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.079 H 230.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E6E8B
RGB	rgb(46, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, -10.80, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 24.46, 243.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% -0.0501 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.079 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3610, 13.5956, 26.4466)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E6E8B #8B4B2E

analogous

#2E8B7A #2E6E8B #2E408B

triadic

#2E6E8B #8B2E6E #6E8B2E

tetradic

#2E6E8B #7A2E8B #8B4B2E #408B2E

square

#2E6E8B #7A2E8B #8B4B2E #408B2E

split-complementary

#2E6E8B #8B2E40 #8B7A2E

monochromatic

#10252F #1F4A5D #2E6E8B #3D92B9 #67ADCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#2E6E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#2E6E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E6E8B

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E6E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E6E8B	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52638B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e6e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.079 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7297ad',
    500: '#2e6e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e6e8b;
$custom-light: #7297ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e6e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.71,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50961,
    "c": 0.0793,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E6E8B

secondary

#B37B61

accent

#7A4EDA

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E6E8B

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

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