#2E8AA0#2E8AA0

#2E8AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.090 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AA0
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -19.33, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 27.45, 225.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0719 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.09 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5577, 21.2940, 36.4884)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AA0 #A0442E

analogous

#2EA07D #2E8AA0 #2E51A0

triadic

#2E8AA0 #A02E8A #8AA02E

tetradic

#2E8AA0 #7D2EA0 #A0442E #51A02E

square

#2E8AA0 #7D2EA0 #A0442E #51A02E

split-complementary

#2E8AA0 #A02E51 #A07D2E

monochromatic

#133841 #206170 #2E8AA0 #42AFC9 #72C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2E8AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#2E8AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AA0

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AA0	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)

#7B86A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.090 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acbc',
    500: '#2e8aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8aa0;
$custom-light: #77acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.579,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58944,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AA0

secondary

#BE7C6C

accent

#6649DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AA0

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

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