#2E87B3#2E87B3

#2E87B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.106 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E87B3
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 179)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -11.23, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 32.64, 249.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0616 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.106 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9241, 21.1614, 45.7790)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E87B3 #B35A2E

analogous

#2EB39D #2E87B3 #2E44B3

triadic

#2E87B3 #B32E87 #87B32E

tetradic

#2E87B3 #9D2EB3 #B35A2E #44B32E

square

#2E87B3 #9D2EB3 #B35A2E #44B32E

split-complementary

#2E87B3 #B32E44 #B39D2E

monochromatic

#153E52 #216282 #2E87B3 #4DA5D1 #7EBEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2E87B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2E87B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E87B3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E87B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E87B3	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7286B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6079B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e87b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.106 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a9ca',
    500: '#2e87b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e87b3;
$custom-light: #79a9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e87b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.85,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59086,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E87B3

secondary

#C69176

accent

#7946E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E87B3

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

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