#2E7A9D#2E7A9D

#2E7A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.091 H 231.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E7A9D
RGB	rgb(46, 122, 157)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, -11.50, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 28.05, 245.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% -0.0563 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.091 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1696, 16.9327, 34.4133)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E7A9D #9D512E

analogous

#2E9D89 #2E7A9D #2E429D

triadic

#2E7A9D #9D2E7A #7A9D2E

tetradic

#2E7A9D #892E9D #9D512E #429D2E

square

#2E7A9D #892E9D #9D512E #429D2E

split-complementary

#2E7A9D #9D2E42 #9D892E

monochromatic

#12303E #20556E #2E7A9D #419DC7 #70B5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#2E7A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#2E7A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E7A9D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E7A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E7A9D	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69799F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e7a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 122, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.091 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a0ba',
    500: '#2e7a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e7a9d;
$custom-light: #75a0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e7a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.919,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54825,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E7A9D

secondary

#BD846A

accent

#794ADE

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E7A9D

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

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