#2E8BAA#2E8BAA

#2E8BAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.097 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BAA
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 170)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -16.54, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 29.29, 235.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.069 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.097 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6121, 21.9463, 41.3303)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BAA #AA4D2E

analogous

#2EAA8B #2E8BAA #2E4DAA

triadic

#2E8BAA #AA2E8B #8BAA2E

tetradic

#2E8BAA #8B2EAA #AA4D2E #4DAA2E

square

#2E8BAA #8B2EAA #AA4D2E #4DAA2E

split-complementary

#2E8BAA #AA2E4D #AA8B2E

monochromatic

#143C4A #21647A #2E8BAA #48ACCD #78C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2E8BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2E8BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BAA

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BAA	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.097 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc3',
    500: '#2e8baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8baa;
$custom-light: #78adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59635,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BAA

secondary

#C38671

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BAA

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

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