#2E81A6#2E81A6

#2E81A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.097 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E81A6
RGB	rgb(46, 129, 166)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, -12.36, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 29.58, 245.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% -0.0603 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.097 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8572, 19.0327, 38.9070)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E81A6 #A6532E

analogous

#2EA68F #2E81A6 #2E45A6

triadic

#2E81A6 #A62E81 #81A62E

tetradic

#2E81A6 #8F2EA6 #A6532E #45A62E

square

#2E81A6 #8F2EA6 #A6532E #45A62E

split-complementary

#2E81A6 #A62E45 #A68F2E

monochromatic

#133746 #215C76 #2E81A6 #46A2CC #76BAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#2E81A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#2E81A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E81A6

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E81A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E81A6	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E74A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e81a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 129, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.097 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a5c0',
    500: '#2e81a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e81a6;
$custom-light: #77a5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e81a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56987,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E81A6

secondary

#C1886F

accent

#7748E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E81A6

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

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