#2E839E#2E839E

#2E839E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.089 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E839E
RGB	rgb(46, 131, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, -16.20, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 27.15, 233.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% -0.0654 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.089 223)
XYZ	xyz(15.4120, 19.2803, 35.2503)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E839E #9E492E

analogous

#2E9E81 #2E839E #2E4B9E

triadic

#2E839E #9E2E83 #839E2E

tetradic

#2E839E #812E9E #9E492E #4B9E2E

square

#2E839E #812E9E #9E492E #4B9E2E

split-complementary

#2E839E #9E2E4B #9E812E

monochromatic

#12343F #205C6F #2E839E #41A7C8 #71BDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#2E839E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#2E839E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E839E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E839E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E839E	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73809F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64759E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e839e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 131, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.089 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a7ba',
    500: '#2e839e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e839e;
$custom-light: #76a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e839e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.464,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57108,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.19282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E839E

secondary

#BD7F6B

accent

#6D4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E839E

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

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