#2E799B#2E799B

#2E799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.090 H 231.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E799B
RGB	rgb(46, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, -11.62, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 27.59, 245.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% -0.056 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.09 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8781, 16.6206, 33.4807)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E799B #9B502E

analogous

#2E9B87 #2E799B #2E429B

triadic

#2E799B #9B2E79 #799B2E

tetradic

#2E799B #872E9B #9B502E #429B2E

square

#2E799B #872E9B #9B502E #429B2E

split-complementary

#2E799B #9B2E42 #9B872E

monochromatic

#122F3D #20546C #2E799B #409CC6 #6FB5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#2E799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#2E799B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E799B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E799B	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68779D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.090 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759fb8',
    500: '#2e799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e799b;
$custom-light: #759fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.716,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54481,
    "c": 0.08983,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E799B

secondary

#BC8369

accent

#784ADE

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E799B

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

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