#2E81B3#2E81B3

#2E81B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.110 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E81B3
RGB	rgb(46, 129, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, -7.79, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 34.38, 256.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.0557 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.11 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1105, 19.5341, 45.5078)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E81B3 #B3602E

analogous

#2EB3A3 #2E81B3 #2E3FB3

triadic

#2E81B3 #B32E81 #81B32E

tetradic

#2E81B3 #A32EB3 #B3602E #3FB32E

square

#2E81B3 #A32EB3 #B3602E #3FB32E

split-complementary

#2E81B3 #B32E3F #B3A32E

monochromatic

#153B52 #215E82 #2E81B3 #4DA0D1 #7EBADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#2E81B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#2E81B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E81B3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E81B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E81B3	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A81B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e81b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 129, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.110 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a5ca',
    500: '#2e81b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e81b3;
$custom-light: #79a5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e81b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.556,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5764,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E81B3

secondary

#C69476

accent

#8046E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E81B3

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

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