#2E81A4#2E81A4

#2E81A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.095 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E81A4
RGB	rgb(46, 129, 164)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 21.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, -13.05, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 28.96, 243.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% -0.061 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.095 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6751, 18.9599, 37.9483)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E81A4 #A4512E

analogous

#2EA48C #2E81A4 #2E46A4

triadic

#2E81A4 #A42E81 #81A42E

tetradic

#2E81A4 #8C2EA4 #A4512E #46A42E

square

#2E81A4 #8C2EA4 #A4512E #46A42E

split-complementary

#2E81A4 #A42E46 #A48C2E

monochromatic

#133644 #215B74 #2E81A4 #45A3CB #74BAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#2E81A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#2E81A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E81A4

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E81A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E81A4	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e81a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 129, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.095 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a5bf',
    500: '#2e81a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e81a4;
$custom-light: #76a5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e81a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56891,
    "c": 0.09478,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E81A4

secondary

#C0866E

accent

#7548DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E81A4

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

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