#2E798A#2E798A

#2E798A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.077 H 215.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E798A
RGB	rgb(46, 121, 138)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, -17.34, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 23.64, 222.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% -0.0628 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.077 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5496, 16.0892, 26.4840)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E798A #8A3F2E

analogous

#2E8A6D #2E798A #2E4B8A

triadic

#2E798A #8A2E79 #798A2E

tetradic

#2E798A #6D2E8A #8A3F2E #4B8A2E

square

#2E798A #6D2E8A #8A3F2E #4B8A2E

split-complementary

#2E798A #8A2E4B #8A6D2E

monochromatic

#0F292E #1F515C #2E798A #3DA1B8 #66B9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#2E798A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#2E798A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E798A

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E798A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E798A	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D758B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e798a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 121, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.077 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a0ac',
    500: '#2e798a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e798a;
$custom-light: #72a0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e798a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.087,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53704,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E798A

secondary

#B37061

accent

#684EDA

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E798A

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

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