#2E8AB0#2E8AB0

#2E8AB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.102 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AB0
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 176)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -13.95, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 31.02, 243.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0657 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.102 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0485, 21.8903, 44.3399)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AB0 #B0542E

analogous

#2EB095 #2E8AB0 #2E49B0

triadic

#2E8AB0 #B02E8A #8AB02E

tetradic

#2E8AB0 #952EB0 #B0542E #49B02E

square

#2E8AB0 #952EB0 #B0542E #49B02E

split-complementary

#2E8AB0 #B02E49 #B0952E

monochromatic

#153E4F #21647F #2E8AB0 #4BA9D0 #7CC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2E8AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2E8AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AB0

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AB0	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.102 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc7',
    500: '#2e8ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ab0;
$custom-light: #79acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 58.559,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59669,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AB0

secondary

#C58C75

accent

#7446E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AB0

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

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