#2E78A4#2E78A4

#2E78A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.100 H 238.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E78A4
RGB	rgb(46, 120, 164)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 26.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, -7.88, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 31.17, 255.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% -0.0517 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.1 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5414, 16.6925, 37.5704)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E78A4 #A45A2E

analogous

#2EA495 #2E78A4 #2E3DA4

triadic

#2E78A4 #A42E78 #78A42E

tetradic

#2E78A4 #952EA4 #A45A2E #3DA42E

square

#2E78A4 #952EA4 #A45A2E #3DA42E

split-complementary

#2E78A4 #A42E3D #A4952E

monochromatic

#133244 #215574 #2E78A4 #4599CB #74B3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#2E78A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#2E78A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E78A4

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E78A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E78A4	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6378A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e78a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 120, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.100 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769ebf',
    500: '#2e78a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e78a4;
$custom-light: #769ebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e78a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.373,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54686,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E78A4

secondary

#C08C6E

accent

#8148DF

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E78A4

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

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