#2E8BAD#2E8BAD

#2E8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.099 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BAD
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -15.53, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 30.03, 238.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0678 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.099 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8991, 22.0611, 42.8419)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BAD #AD502E

analogous

#2EAD8F #2E8BAD #2E4BAD

triadic

#2E8BAD #AD2E8B #8BAD2E

tetradic

#2E8BAD #8F2EAD #AD502E #4BAD2E

square

#2E8BAD #8F2EAD #AD502E #4BAD2E

split-complementary

#2E8BAD #AD2E4B #AD8F2E

monochromatic

#143D4C #21647D #2E8BAD #49ABCF #7AC1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2E8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2E8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BAD

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BAD	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.099 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc5',
    500: '#2e8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bad;
$custom-light: #79adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.063,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59773,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BAD

secondary

#C48973

accent

#7047E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BAD

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

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