#2E81B8#2E81B8

#2E81B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.115 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E81B8
RGB	rgb(46, 129, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(204, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 29.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -6.00, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 36.49, 260.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0541 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.115 242)
XYZ	xyz(17.6253, 19.7400, 48.2194)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E81B8 #B8652E

analogous

#2EB8AA #2E81B8 #2E3CB8

triadic

#2E81B8 #B82E81 #81B82E

tetradic

#2E81B8 #AA2EB8 #B8652E #3CB82E

square

#2E81B8 #AA2EB8 #B8652E #3CB82E

split-complementary

#2E81B8 #B82E3C #B8AA2E

monochromatic

#163C56 #225F87 #2E81B8 #509FD3 #81BADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#2E81B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#2E81B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E81B8

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E81B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E81B8	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6882BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e81b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 129, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.115 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa5cd',
    500: '#2e81b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e81b8;
$custom-light: #7aa5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e81b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.913,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57904,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.19742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E81B8

secondary

#C89979

accent

#8445E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E81B8

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

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