#2E87A6#2E87A6

#2E87A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E87A6
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 166)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, -15.70, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 28.70, 236.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.0664 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.095 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6708, 20.6600, 39.1782)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E87A6 #A64D2E

analogous

#2EA689 #2E87A6 #2E4BA6

triadic

#2E87A6 #A62E87 #87A62E

tetradic

#2E87A6 #892EA6 #A64D2E #4BA62E

square

#2E87A6 #892EA6 #A64D2E #4BA62E

split-complementary

#2E87A6 #A62E4B #A6892E

monochromatic

#133946 #216076 #2E87A6 #46A9CC #76BFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#2E87A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#2E87A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E87A6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E87A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E87A6	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7684A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6678A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e87a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aac0',
    500: '#2e87a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e87a6;
$custom-light: #77aac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e87a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58465,
    "c": 0.09452,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E87A6

secondary

#C1846F

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E87A6

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

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