#2E8ACA#2E8ACA

#2E8ACA is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.129 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8ACA
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 202)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 31.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -4.78, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 40.95, 263.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.057 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.129 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8717, 23.0196, 59.2089)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8ACA #CA6E2E

analogous

#2ECABC #2E8ACA #2E3CCA

triadic

#2E8ACA #CA2E8A #8ACA2E

tetradic

#2E8ACA #BC2ECA #CA6E2E #3CCA2E

square

#2E8ACA #BC2ECA #CA6E2E #3CCA2E

split-complementary

#2E8ACA #CA2E3C #CABC2E

monochromatic

#174666 #236898 #2E8ACA #5BA6DA #8DC1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2E8ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2E8ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8ACA

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8ACA	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.129 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dabda',
    500: '#2e8aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8aca;
$custom-light: #7dabda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60997,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8ACA

secondary

#CFA384

accent

#8542E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FB

border

#CACED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8ACA

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

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