#2E87B6#2E87B6

#2E87B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.109 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E87B6
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 182)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -10.18, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 33.73, 252.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0606 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.109 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2308, 21.2841, 47.3943)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E87B6 #B65D2E

analogous

#2EB6A1 #2E87B6 #2E43B6

triadic

#2E87B6 #B62E87 #87B62E

tetradic

#2E87B6 #A12EB6 #B65D2E #43B62E

square

#2E87B6 #A12EB6 #B65D2E #43B62E

split-complementary

#2E87B6 #B62E43 #B6A12E

monochromatic

#153F54 #226385 #2E87B6 #4FA5D2 #80BEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2E87B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#2E87B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E87B6

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E87B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E87B6	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7086B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E79B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e87b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.109 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa9cc',
    500: '#2e87b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e87b6;
$custom-light: #7aa9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e87b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.735,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59236,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E87B6

secondary

#C89478

accent

#7C45E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E87B6

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

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