#2E81B4#2E81B4

#2E81B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.111 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E81B4
RGB	rgb(46, 129, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -7.44, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 34.79, 257.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0554 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.111 240)
XYZ	xyz(17.2120, 19.5747, 46.0423)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E81B4 #B4612E

analogous

#2EB4A4 #2E81B4 #2E3EB4

triadic

#2E81B4 #B42E81 #81B42E

tetradic

#2E81B4 #A42EB4 #B4612E #3EB42E

square

#2E81B4 #A42EB4 #B4612E #3EB42E

split-complementary

#2E81B4 #B42E3E #B4A42E

monochromatic

#153B53 #225E83 #2E81B4 #4E9FD2 #7EBADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#2E81B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#2E81B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E81B4

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E81B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E81B4	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6981B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e81b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 129, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.111 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a5ca',
    500: '#2e81b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e81b4;
$custom-light: #79a5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e81b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.836,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57693,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.19577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E81B4

secondary

#C79577

accent

#8145E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E81B4

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

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