#2E859F#2E859F

#2E859F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.090 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E859F
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 159)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, -16.96, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 27.27, 231.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0671 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.09 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7697, 19.8573, 35.7959)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E859F #9F482E

analogous

#2E9F80 #2E859F #2E4D9F

triadic

#2E859F #9F2E85 #859F2E

tetradic

#2E859F #802E9F #9F482E #4D9F2E

square

#2E859F #802E9F #9F482E #4D9F2E

split-complementary

#2E859F #9F2E4D #9F802E

monochromatic

#133640 #205D70 #2E859F #42A9C8 #71BFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#2E859F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#2E859F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E859F

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E859F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E859F	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#7682A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e859f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.090 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8bb',
    500: '#2e859f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e859f;
$custom-light: #76a8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e859f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.805,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57651,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E859F

secondary

#BE7E6B

accent

#6C49DE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E859F

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

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