#2E7CAD#2E7CAD

#2E7CAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.107 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E7CAD
RGB	rgb(46, 124, 173)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(203, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, -7.02, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 33.57, 257.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% -0.0528 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.107 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8743, 18.0115, 42.1670)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E7CAD #AD5F2E

analogous

#2EAD9F #2E7CAD #2E3CAD

triadic

#2E7CAD #AD2E7C #7CAD2E

tetradic

#2E7CAD #9F2EAD #AD5F2E #3CAD2E

square

#2E7CAD #9F2EAD #AD5F2E #3CAD2E

split-complementary

#2E7CAD #AD2E3C #AD9F2E

monochromatic

#14374C #21597D #2E7CAD #499BCF #7AB6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#2E7CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#2E7CAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E7CAD

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E7CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E7CAD	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5470AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e7cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 124, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.107 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a1c5',
    500: '#2e7cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e7cad;
$custom-light: #78a1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e7cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.15,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56124,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E7CAD

secondary

#C49273

accent

#8247E1

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E7CAD

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

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