#2E859E#2E859E

#2E859E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.089 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E859E
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, -17.29, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 27.07, 230.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0675 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.089 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6833, 19.8227, 35.3407)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E859E #9E472E

analogous

#2E9E7F #2E859E #2E4D9E

triadic

#2E859E #9E2E85 #859E2E

tetradic

#2E859E #7F2E9E #9E472E #4D9E2E

square

#2E859E #7F2E9E #9E472E #4D9E2E

split-complementary

#2E859E #9E2E4D #9E7F2E

monochromatic

#12353F #205D6F #2E859E #41AAC8 #71BFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#2E859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#2E859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E859E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E859E	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76829F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.089 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8ba',
    500: '#2e859e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e859e;
$custom-light: #76a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.393,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57607,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E859E

secondary

#BD7D6B

accent

#6B4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E859E

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

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