#2E8BB3#2E8BB3

#2E8BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.104 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BB3
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -13.47, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 31.76, 244.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0656 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.104 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4927, 22.2986, 45.9685)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BB3 #B3562E

analogous

#2EB399 #2E8BB3 #2E49B3

triadic

#2E8BB3 #B32E8B #8BB32E

tetradic

#2E8BB3 #992EB3 #B3562E #49B32E

square

#2E8BB3 #992EB3 #B3562E #49B32E

split-complementary

#2E8BB3 #B32E49 #B3992E

monochromatic

#153F52 #216582 #2E8BB3 #4DA9D1 #7EC1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2E8BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2E8BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BB3

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BB3	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.104 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acca',
    500: '#2e8bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bb3;
$custom-light: #79acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60056,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BB3

secondary

#C68E76

accent

#7546E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BB3

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

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