#2E87B8#2E87B8

#2E87B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.111 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E87B8
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 184)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 26.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -9.47, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 34.49, 254.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0599 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.111 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4390, 21.3673, 48.4906)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E87B8 #B85F2E

analogous

#2EB8A4 #2E87B8 #2E42B8

triadic

#2E87B8 #B82E87 #87B82E

tetradic

#2E87B8 #A42EB8 #B85F2E #42B82E

square

#2E87B8 #A42EB8 #B85F2E #42B82E

split-complementary

#2E87B8 #B82E42 #B8A42E

monochromatic

#163F56 #226387 #2E87B8 #50A5D3 #81BEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2E87B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#2E87B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E87B8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E87B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E87B8	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7087BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e87b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.111 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa9cd',
    500: '#2e87b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e87b8;
$custom-light: #7aa9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e87b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.304,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59338,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E87B8

secondary

#C89579

accent

#7D45E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E87B8

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

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