#2E809D#2E809D

#2E809D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.089 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E809D
RGB	rgb(46, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, -14.88, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 27.15, 236.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% -0.0626 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.089 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9292, 18.4518, 34.6665)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E809D #9D4B2E

analogous

#2E9D83 #2E809D #2E489D

triadic

#2E809D #9D2E80 #809D2E

tetradic

#2E809D #832E9D #9D4B2E #489D2E

square

#2E809D #832E9D #9D4B2E #489D2E

split-complementary

#2E809D #9D2E48 #9D832E

monochromatic

#12333E #20596E #2E809D #41A4C7 #70BBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#2E809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#2E809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E809D

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E809D	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61729D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.089 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a5ba',
    500: '#2e809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e809d;
$custom-light: #75a5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.676,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56315,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E809D

secondary

#BD806A

accent

#714ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E809D

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

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