#2E87A9#2E87A9

#2E87A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.097 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E87A9
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, -14.68, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 29.48, 240.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0653 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.097 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9492, 20.7714, 40.6444)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E87A9 #A9502E

analogous

#2EA98D #2E87A9 #2E4AA9

triadic

#2E87A9 #A92E87 #87A92E

tetradic

#2E87A9 #8D2EA9 #A9502E #4AA92E

square

#2E87A9 #8D2EA9 #A9502E #4AA92E

split-complementary

#2E87A9 #A92E4A #A98D2E

monochromatic

#143A49 #216179 #2E87A9 #47A8CD #77BFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#2E87A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#2E87A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E87A9

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E87A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E87A9	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	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)

#7585AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6478A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e87a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.097 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aac2',
    500: '#2e87a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e87a9;
$custom-light: #78aac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e87a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58604,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E87A9

secondary

#C28771

accent

#7247E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E87A9

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

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