#2E81B6#2E81B6

#2E81B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.113 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E81B6
RGB	rgb(46, 129, 182)
HSL	hsl(203, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(203, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 29.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, -6.72, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 35.63, 259.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0547 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.113 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4172, 19.6567, 47.1231)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E81B6 #B6632E

analogous

#2EB6A7 #2E81B6 #2E3DB6

triadic

#2E81B6 #B62E81 #81B62E

tetradic

#2E81B6 #A72EB6 #B6632E #3DB62E

square

#2E81B6 #A72EB6 #B6632E #3DB62E

split-complementary

#2E81B6 #B62E3D #B6A72E

monochromatic

#153C54 #225E85 #2E81B6 #4F9FD2 #80BADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#2E81B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#2E81B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E81B6

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E81B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E81B6	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6882B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e81b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 129, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.113 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a5cc',
    500: '#2e81b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e81b6;
$custom-light: #79a5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e81b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.382,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57798,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E81B6

secondary

#C89778

accent

#8245E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E81B6

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

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