#2E87AA#2E87AA

#2E87AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.098 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E87AA
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 20.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -14.34, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 29.75, 241.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0649 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.098 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0434, 20.8091, 41.1407)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E87AA #AA512E

analogous

#2EAA8F #2E87AA #2E49AA

triadic

#2E87AA #AA2E87 #87AA2E

tetradic

#2E87AA #8F2EAA #AA512E #49AA2E

square

#2E87AA #8F2EAA #AA512E #49AA2E

split-complementary

#2E87AA #AA2E49 #AA8F2E

monochromatic

#143B4A #21617A #2E87AA #48A8CD #78BFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#2E87AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#2E87AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E87AA

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E87AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E87AA	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7585AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e87aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.098 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aac3',
    500: '#2e87aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e87aa;
$custom-light: #78aac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e87aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.935,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58651,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E87AA

secondary

#C38871

accent

#7247E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E87AA

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

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