#2E7A8B#2E7A8B

#2E7A8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.078 H 215.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E7A8B
RGB	rgb(46, 122, 139)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, -17.56, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 23.84, 222.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54% -0.0635 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.078 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7445, 16.3626, 26.9077)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E7A8B #8B3F2E

analogous

#2E8B6E #2E7A8B #2E4C8B

triadic

#2E7A8B #8B2E7A #7A8B2E

tetradic

#2E7A8B #6E2E8B #8B3F2E #4C8B2E

square

#2E7A8B #6E2E8B #8B3F2E #4C8B2E

split-complementary

#2E7A8B #8B2E4C #8B6E2E

monochromatic

#10292F #1F525D #2E7A8B #3DA2B9 #67BACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#2E7A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#2E7A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E7A8B

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E7A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E7A8B	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E768C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e7a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 122, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.078 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a0ad',
    500: '#2e7a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e7a8b;
$custom-light: #72a0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e7a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.968,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54002,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E7A8B

secondary

#B37061

accent

#684EDA

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E7A8B

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

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