#2E88AA#2E88AA

#2E88AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E88AA
RGB	rgb(46, 136, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 20%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -14.89, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 29.61, 239.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0659 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.097 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1836, 21.0895, 41.1875)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E88AA #AA502E

analogous

#2EAA8E #2E88AA #2E4AAA

triadic

#2E88AA #AA2E88 #88AA2E

tetradic

#2E88AA #8E2EAA #AA502E #4AAA2E

square

#2E88AA #8E2EAA #AA502E #4AAA2E

split-complementary

#2E88AA #AA2E4A #AA8E2E

monochromatic

#143B4A #21617A #2E88AA #48A9CD #78BFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#2E88AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#2E88AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E88AA

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E88AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E88AA	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7686AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6579AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e88aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 136, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aac3',
    500: '#2e88aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e88aa;
$custom-light: #78aac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e88aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58897,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E88AA

secondary

#C38871

accent

#7147E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E88AA

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

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