#2E7B9D#2E7B9D

#2E7B9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.091 H 230.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E7B9D
RGB	rgb(46, 123, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, -12.07, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 27.86, 244.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% -0.0574 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.091 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2930, 17.1795, 34.4544)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E7B9D #9D502E

analogous

#2E9D87 #2E7B9D #2E449D

triadic

#2E7B9D #9D2E7B #7B9D2E

tetradic

#2E7B9D #872E9D #9D502E #449D2E

square

#2E7B9D #872E9D #9D502E #449D2E

split-complementary

#2E7B9D #9D2E44 #9D872E

monochromatic

#12313E #20566E #2E7B9D #419EC7 #70B6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#2E7B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#2E7B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E7B9D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E7B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E7B9D	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e7b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 123, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.091 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a1ba',
    500: '#2e7b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e7b9d;
$custom-light: #75a1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e7b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.378,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55073,
    "c": 0.09085,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E7B9D

secondary

#BD836A

accent

#774ADE

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E7B9D

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

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