#2E8BA0#2E8BA0

#2E8BA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.090 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BA0
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 160)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -19.86, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 27.49, 223.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.073 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.09 216)
XYZ	xyz(16.7018, 21.5822, 36.5364)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BA0 #A0432E

analogous

#2EA07C #2E8BA0 #2E52A0

triadic

#2E8BA0 #A02E8B #8BA02E

tetradic

#2E8BA0 #7C2EA0 #A0432E #52A02E

square

#2E8BA0 #7C2EA0 #A0432E #52A02E

split-complementary

#2E8BA0 #A02E52 #A07C2E

monochromatic

#133841 #206270 #2E8BA0 #42B0C9 #72C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2E8BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2E8BA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BA0

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BA0	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.090 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbc',
    500: '#2e8ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ba0;
$custom-light: #77adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59194,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.21584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BA0

secondary

#BE7B6C

accent

#6549DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BA0

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

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