#2E8BB0#2E8BB0

#2E8BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.101 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BB0
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, -14.50, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 30.86, 241.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0667 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.101 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1926, 22.1785, 44.3880)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BB0 #B0532E

analogous

#2EB094 #2E8BB0 #2E4AB0

triadic

#2E8BB0 #B02E8B #8BB02E

tetradic

#2E8BB0 #942EB0 #B0532E #4AB02E

square

#2E8BB0 #942EB0 #B0532E #4AB02E

split-complementary

#2E8BB0 #B02E4A #B0942E

monochromatic

#153E4F #21657F #2E8BB0 #4BAAD0 #7CC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2E8BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2E8BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BB0

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BB0	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.101 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc7',
    500: '#2e8bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bb0;
$custom-light: #79adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 58.559,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59913,
    "c": 0.10144,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BB0

secondary

#C58C75

accent

#7246E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BB0

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

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