#2E7DB5#2E7DB5

#2E7DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.115 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E7DB5
RGB	rgb(46, 125, 181)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(205, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 30.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, -4.73, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 36.69, 262.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% -0.0512 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.115 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7976, 18.5823, 46.4086)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E7DB5 #B5662E

analogous

#2EB5AA #2E7DB5 #2E3AB5

triadic

#2E7DB5 #B52E7D #7DB52E

tetradic

#2E7DB5 #AA2EB5 #B5662E #3AB52E

square

#2E7DB5 #AA2EB5 #B5662E #3AB52E

split-complementary

#2E7DB5 #B52E3A #B5AA2E

monochromatic

#153A53 #225B84 #2E7DB5 #4E9BD2 #7FB7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#2E7DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#2E7DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E7DB5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E7DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E7DB5	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5072B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e7db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 125, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.115 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a2cb',
    500: '#2e7db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e7db5;
$custom-light: #79a2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e7db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56792,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E7DB5

secondary

#C79978

accent

#8645E3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E7DB5

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

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