#2E87A8#2E87A8

#2E87A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.096 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E87A8
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -15.02, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 29.21, 239.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0657 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.096 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8557, 20.7340, 40.1519)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E87A8 #A84F2E

analogous

#2EA88C #2E87A8 #2E4AA8

triadic

#2E87A8 #A82E87 #87A82E

tetradic

#2E87A8 #8C2EA8 #A84F2E #4AA82E

square

#2E87A8 #8C2EA8 #A84F2E #4AA82E

split-complementary

#2E87A8 #A82E4A #A88C2E

monochromatic

#143A48 #216078 #2E87A8 #47A8CD #77BFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#2E87A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#2E87A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E87A8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E87A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E87A8	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6578A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e87a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.096 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aac2',
    500: '#2e87a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e87a8;
$custom-light: #77aac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e87a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58558,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E87A8

secondary

#C28670

accent

#7148E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E87A8

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

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