#2E8BAE#2E8BAE

#2E8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.100 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BAE
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -15.19, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 30.30, 239.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0674 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.1 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9962, 22.1000, 43.3535)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BAE #AE512E

analogous

#2EAE91 #2E8BAE #2E4BAE

triadic

#2E8BAE #AE2E8B #8BAE2E

tetradic

#2E8BAE #912EAE #AE512E #4BAE2E

square

#2E8BAE #912EAE #AE512E #4BAE2E

split-complementary

#2E8BAE #AE2E4B #AE912E

monochromatic

#143E4D #21647E #2E8BAE #4AABCF #7AC1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2E8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2E8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BAE

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BAE	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.100 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc6',
    500: '#2e8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bae;
$custom-light: #79adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5982,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BAE

secondary

#C48A74

accent

#7146E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BAE

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

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