#2E8ABC#2E8ABC

#2E8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.113 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8ABC
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -9.77, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 35.14, 253.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0615 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.113 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2887, 22.3864, 50.8716)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8ABC #BC602E

analogous

#2EBCA7 #2E8ABC #2E43BC

triadic

#2E8ABC #BC2E8A #8ABC2E

tetradic

#2E8ABC #A72EBC #BC602E #43BC2E

square

#2E8ABC #A72EBC #BC602E #43BC2E

split-complementary

#2E8ABC #BC2E43 #BCA72E

monochromatic

#16425A #22668B #2E8ABC #52A7D5 #84C0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2E8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2E8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8ABC

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8ABC	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.113 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacd0',
    500: '#2e8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8abc;
$custom-light: #7bacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6026,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8ABC

secondary

#CA977C

accent

#7C44E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8ABC

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

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