#2E8AAC#2E8AAC

#2E8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.098 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AAC
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -15.32, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 29.89, 239.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0672 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.098 227)
XYZ	xyz(17.6586, 21.7343, 42.2862)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AAC #AC502E

analogous

#2EAC8F #2E8AAC #2E4BAC

triadic

#2E8AAC #AC2E8A #8AAC2E

tetradic

#2E8AAC #8F2EAC #AC502E #4BAC2E

square

#2E8AAC #8F2EAC #AC502E #4BAC2E

split-complementary

#2E8AAC #AC2E4B #AC8F2E

monochromatic

#143D4B #21637C #2E8AAC #49AACE #79C1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2E8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2E8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AAC

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AAC	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.098 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc4',
    500: '#2e8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8aac;
$custom-light: #78acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59481,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.21736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AAC

secondary

#C38872

accent

#7047E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AAC

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

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