#2E8AB1#2E8AB1

#2E8AB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.103 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AB1
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 177)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 22%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -13.60, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 31.32, 244.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0653 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.103 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1478, 21.9300, 44.8629)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AB1 #B1552E

analogous

#2EB196 #2E8AB1 #2E48B1

triadic

#2E8AB1 #B12E8A #8AB12E

tetradic

#2E8AB1 #962EB1 #B1552E #48B12E

square

#2E8AB1 #962EB1 #B1552E #48B12E

split-complementary

#2E8AB1 #B12E48 #B1962E

monochromatic

#153E50 #216480 #2E8AB1 #4CA9D0 #7CC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2E8AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2E8AB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AB1

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AB1	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.103 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc8',
    500: '#2e8ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ab1;
$custom-light: #79acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59717,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AB1

secondary

#C68D75

accent

#7446E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AB1

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

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