#2E8AD7#2E8AD7

#2E8AD7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.144 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AD7
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 215)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 35.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -0.06, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 46.97, 269.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0533 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.144 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4762, 23.6614, 67.6593)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AD7 #D77B2E

analogous

#2ED7CF #2E8AD7 #2E35D7

triadic

#2E8AD7 #D72E8A #8AD72E

tetradic

#2E8AD7 #CF2ED7 #D77B2E #35D72E

square

#2E8AD7 #CF2ED7 #D77B2E #35D72E

split-complementary

#2E8AD7 #D72E35 #D7CF2E

monochromatic

#164974 #206AA8 #2E8AD7 #61A7E1 #95C4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#2E8AD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#2E8AD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AD7

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AD7	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.144 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80abe4',
    500: '#2e8ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ad7;
$custom-light: #80abe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.337,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61727,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AD7

secondary

#D6AD8B

accent

#8C3DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AD7

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

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