#2E798B#2E798B

#2E798B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.078 H 216.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E798B
RGB	rgb(46, 121, 139)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, -17.01, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 23.77, 224.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% -0.0624 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.078 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6224, 16.1183, 26.8670)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E798B #8B402E

analogous

#2E8B6F #2E798B #2E4B8B

triadic

#2E798B #8B2E79 #798B2E

tetradic

#2E798B #6F2E8B #8B402E #4B8B2E

square

#2E798B #6F2E8B #8B402E #4B8B2E

split-complementary

#2E798B #8B2E4B #8B6F2E

monochromatic

#10292F #1F515D #2E798B #3DA1B9 #67B9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#2E798B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#2E798B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E798B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E798B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E798B	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D758C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e798b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 121, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.078 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a0ad',
    500: '#2e798b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e798b;
$custom-light: #72a0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e798b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53747,
    "c": 0.07762,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E798B

secondary

#B37161

accent

#694EDA

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E798B

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

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