#2E8BA4#2E8BA4

#2E8BA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.092 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BA4
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -18.55, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 28.08, 228.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.0713 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.092 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0574, 21.7245, 38.4090)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BA4 #A4472E

analogous

#2EA482 #2E8BA4 #2E50A4

triadic

#2E8BA4 #A42E8B #8BA42E

tetradic

#2E8BA4 #822EA4 #A4472E #50A42E

square

#2E8BA4 #822EA4 #A4472E #50A42E

split-complementary

#2E8BA4 #A42E50 #A4822E

monochromatic

#133A44 #216274 #2E8BA4 #45AECB #74C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2E8BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2E8BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BA4

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BA4	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.092 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbf',
    500: '#2e8ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ba4;
$custom-light: #77adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.712,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59367,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BA4

secondary

#C07F6E

accent

#6848DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BA4

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

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