#2E8AA8#2E8AA8

#2E8AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.095 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AA8
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -16.67, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 28.91, 234.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0687 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.095 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2802, 21.5830, 40.2934)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AA8 #A84C2E

analogous

#2EA889 #2E8AA8 #2E4DA8

triadic

#2E8AA8 #A82E8A #8AA82E

tetradic

#2E8AA8 #892EA8 #A84C2E #4DA82E

square

#2E8AA8 #892EA8 #A84C2E #4DA82E

split-complementary

#2E8AA8 #A82E4D #A8892E

monochromatic

#143B48 #216378 #2E8AA8 #47ACCD #77C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2E8AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2E8AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AA8

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AA8	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.095 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc2',
    500: '#2e8aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8aa8;
$custom-light: #78acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.754,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59298,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AA8

secondary

#C28470

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AA8

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

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