#2E8AB2#2E8AB2

#2E8AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.104 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AB2
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -13.26, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 31.64, 245.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.065 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.104 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2478, 21.9700, 45.3898)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AB2 #B2562E

analogous

#2EB298 #2E8AB2 #2E48B2

triadic

#2E8AB2 #B22E8A #8AB22E

tetradic

#2E8AB2 #982EB2 #B2562E #48B22E

square

#2E8AB2 #982EB2 #B2562E #48B22E

split-complementary

#2E8AB2 #B22E48 #B2982E

monochromatic

#153F51 #216481 #2E8AB2 #4CA9D1 #7DC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2E8AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2E8AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AB2

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AB2	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#7688B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.104 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc9',
    500: '#2e8ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ab2;
$custom-light: #79acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59765,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AB2

secondary

#C68E76

accent

#7546E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AB2

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

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