#2E8AA4#2E8AA4

#2E8AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AA4
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -18.01, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 28.09, 230.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0703 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.093 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9133, 21.4362, 38.3610)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AA4 #A4482E

analogous

#2EA483 #2E8AA4 #2E4FA4

triadic

#2E8AA4 #A42E8A #8AA42E

tetradic

#2E8AA4 #832EA4 #A4482E #4FA42E

square

#2E8AA4 #832EA4 #A4482E #4FA42E

split-complementary

#2E8AA4 #A42E4F #A4832E

monochromatic

#133A44 #216274 #2E8AA4 #45ADCB #74C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2E8AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2E8AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AA4

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AA4	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acbf',
    500: '#2e8aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8aa4;
$custom-light: #77acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.22,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59119,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AA4

secondary

#C0806E

accent

#6A48DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AA4

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

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