#2E8ACB#2E8ACB

#2E8ACB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.130 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8ACB
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 203)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 32%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -4.42, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 41.40, 263.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0567 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.13 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9905, 23.0671, 59.8344)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8ACB #CB6F2E

analogous

#2ECBBE #2E8ACB #2E3CCB

triadic

#2E8ACB #CB2E8A #8ACB2E

tetradic

#2E8ACB #BE2ECB #CB6F2E #3CCB2E

square

#2E8ACB #BE2ECB #CB6F2E #3CCB2E

split-complementary

#2E8ACB #CB2E3C #CBBE2E

monochromatic

#174667 #236899 #2E8ACB #5CA6DA #8EC1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2E8ACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#2E8ACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8ACB

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8ACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8ACB	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8acb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.130 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dabdb',
    500: '#2e8acb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8acb;
$custom-light: #7dabdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8acb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.841,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61052,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8ACB

secondary

#D0A485

accent

#8642E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FB

border

#CACED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8ACB

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

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