#2E78C9#2E78C9

#2E78C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.145 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E78C9
RGB	rgb(46, 120, 201)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(211, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 40.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 5.65, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 48.86, 276.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.0412 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.145 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3819, 18.2287, 57.7967)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E78C9 #C97F2E

analogous

#2EC5C9 #2E78C9 #322EC9

triadic

#2E78C9 #C92E78 #78C92E

tetradic

#2E78C9 #C92EC5 #C97F2E #2EC932

square

#2E78C9 #C92EC5 #C97F2E #2EC932

split-complementary

#2E78C9 #C9322E #C5C92E

monochromatic

#173D65 #235A97 #2E78C9 #5B97D9 #8DB7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#2E78C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#2E78C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E78C9

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E78C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E78C9	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#517ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3770C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e78c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 120, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.145 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9eda',
    500: '#2e78c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e78c9;
$custom-light: #7d9eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e78c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.355,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56803,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E78C9

secondary

#CFAB84

accent

#9842E6

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FB

border

#CACCD4

text

#0B0E15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E78C9

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

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