#2E8BA9#2E8BA9

#2E8BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.096 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BA9
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -16.88, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 29.06, 234.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0694 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.096 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5178, 21.9086, 40.8340)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BA9 #A94C2E

analogous

#2EA989 #2E8BA9 #2E4EA9

triadic

#2E8BA9 #A92E8B #8BA92E

tetradic

#2E8BA9 #892EA9 #A94C2E #4EA92E

square

#2E8BA9 #892EA9 #A94C2E #4EA92E

split-complementary

#2E8BA9 #A92E4E #A9892E

monochromatic

#143C49 #216379 #2E8BA9 #47ACCD #77C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2E8BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2E8BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BA9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BA9	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.096 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc2',
    500: '#2e8ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ba9;
$custom-light: #78adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5959,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BA9

secondary

#C28571

accent

#6D47E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BA9

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

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