#2E87B5#2E87B5

#2E87B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.108 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E87B5
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 181)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -10.53, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 33.36, 251.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0609 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.108 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1279, 21.2429, 46.8520)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E87B5 #B55C2E

analogous

#2EB59F #2E87B5 #2E44B5

triadic

#2E87B5 #B52E87 #87B52E

tetradic

#2E87B5 #9F2EB5 #B55C2E #44B52E

square

#2E87B5 #9F2EB5 #B55C2E #44B52E

split-complementary

#2E87B5 #B52E44 #B59F2E

monochromatic

#153E53 #226384 #2E87B5 #4EA5D2 #7FBEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2E87B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2E87B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E87B5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E87B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E87B5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7186B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F79B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e87b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.108 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa9cb',
    500: '#2e87b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e87b5;
$custom-light: #7aa9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e87b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.444,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59186,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E87B5

secondary

#C79378

accent

#7B45E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E87B5

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

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