#2E8BAC#2E8BAC

#2E8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.098 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BAC
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -15.87, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 29.77, 237.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0682 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.098 226)
XYZ	xyz(17.8027, 22.0226, 42.3342)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BAC #AC4F2E

analogous

#2EAC8E #2E8BAC #2E4CAC

triadic

#2E8BAC #AC2E8B #8BAC2E

tetradic

#2E8BAC #8E2EAC #AC4F2E #4CAC2E

square

#2E8BAC #8E2EAC #AC4F2E #4CAC2E

split-complementary

#2E8BAC #AC2E4C #AC8E2E

monochromatic

#143D4B #21647C #2E8BAC #49ABCE #79C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2E8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2E8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BAC

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BAC	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.098 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc4',
    500: '#2e8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bac;
$custom-light: #78adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59727,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.22025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BAC

secondary

#C38872

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BAC

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

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