#2E8496#2E8496

#2E8496 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.084 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2E8496
RGBrgb(46, 132, 150)
HSLhsl(190, 53%, 38%)
HSVhsv(190, 69%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LABlab(51.02, -19.39, -17.13)
CIE-LCHlch(51.02, 25.87, 221.46°)
OKLaboklab(57.01% -0.0697 -0.0477)
OKLCHoklch(57.01% 0.084 214.3)
XYZxyz(14.8807, 19.2837, 31.7861)
Luminance0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2E8496 #96402E
analogous
#2E9674 #2E8496 #2E5096
triadic
#2E8496 #962E84 #84962E
tetradic
#2E8496 #742E96 #96402E #50962E
square
#2E8496 #742E96 #96402E #50962E
split-complementary
#2E8496 #962E50 #96742E
monochromatic
#113238 #205B67 #2E8496 #3EACC4 #6CC0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32
#2E8496 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86
#2E8496 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8496
4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2E8496#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2E84961.004.324.864.86
#FFFFFF4.321.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8621.001.001.00
##0000004.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#778097
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#687596
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008B8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2e8496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.084 214.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a8b4',
    500: '#2e8496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2e8496;
$custom-light: #75a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2e8496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57009,
    "c": 0.08447,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2E8496
secondary
#B97567
accent
#644BDC
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F6
border
#C9CED0
text
#090F11
muted
#7B7F80

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#2E8496 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva