#2E8AB4#2E8AB4

#2E8AB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.105 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AB4
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 180)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -12.57, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 32.28, 247.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0642 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.105 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4501, 22.0509, 46.4550)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AB4 #B4582E

analogous

#2EB49B #2E8AB4 #2E47B4

triadic

#2E8AB4 #B42E8A #8AB42E

tetradic

#2E8AB4 #9B2EB4 #B4582E #47B42E

square

#2E8AB4 #9B2EB4 #B4582E #47B42E

split-complementary

#2E8AB4 #B42E47 #B49B2E

monochromatic

#153F53 #226583 #2E8AB4 #4EA8D2 #7EC0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2E8AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2E8AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AB4

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AB4	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7589B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.105 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacca',
    500: '#2e8ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ab4;
$custom-light: #7aacca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.806,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59862,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AB4

secondary

#C79077

accent

#7745E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AB4

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

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