#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
RGB	rgb(46, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, -19.39, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 25.87, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% -0.0697 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.084 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8807, 19.2837, 31.7861)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##2E8496	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8496

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

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