#2E8AAB#2E8AAB

#2E8AAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.098 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AAB
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -15.66, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 29.63, 238.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0676 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.098 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5629, 21.6960, 41.7823)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AAB #AB4F2E

analogous

#2EAB8E #2E8AAB #2E4BAB

triadic

#2E8AAB #AB2E8A #8AAB2E

tetradic

#2E8AAB #8E2EAB #AB4F2E #4BAB2E

square

#2E8AAB #8E2EAB #AB4F2E #4BAB2E

split-complementary

#2E8AAB #AB2E4B #AB8E2E

monochromatic

#143C4B #21637B #2E8AAB #48ABCE #79C1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2E8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2E8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AAB

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AAB	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.098 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc4',
    500: '#2e8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8aab;
$custom-light: #78acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.84,
    "s": 57.604,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59435,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AAB

secondary

#C38772

accent

#7047E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AAB

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

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