#2E7E9B#2E7E9B

#2E7E9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.088 H 225.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E7E9B
RGB	rgb(46, 126, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, -14.44, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 26.84, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% -0.0613 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.088 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5016, 17.8675, 33.6885)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E7E9B #9B4B2E

analogous

#2E9B82 #2E7E9B #2E489B

triadic

#2E7E9B #9B2E7E #7E9B2E

tetradic

#2E7E9B #822E9B #9B4B2E #489B2E

square

#2E7E9B #822E9B #9B4B2E #489B2E

split-complementary

#2E7E9B #9B2E48 #9B822E

monochromatic

#12313D #20586C #2E7E9B #40A3C6 #6FB9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#2E7E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#2E7E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E7E9B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E7E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E7E9B	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F709B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e7e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 126, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.088 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a3b8',
    500: '#2e7e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e7e9b;
$custom-light: #75a3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e7e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.963,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55724,
    "c": 0.08812,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E7E9B

secondary

#BC7F69

accent

#714ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E7E9B

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

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