#2E8BB4#2E8BB4

#2E8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.105 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BB4
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -13.13, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 32.07, 245.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.0652 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.105 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5942, 22.3392, 46.5031)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BB4 #B4572E

analogous

#2EB49A #2E8BB4 #2E48B4

triadic

#2E8BB4 #B42E8B #8BB42E

tetradic

#2E8BB4 #9A2EB4 #B4572E #48B42E

square

#2E8BB4 #9A2EB4 #B4572E #48B42E

split-complementary

#2E8BB4 #B42E48 #B49A2E

monochromatic

#154053 #226583 #2E8BB4 #4EA9D2 #7EC1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2E8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#2E8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BB4

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BB4	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.105 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacca',
    500: '#2e8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bb4;
$custom-light: #7aacca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60104,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BB4

secondary

#C78F77

accent

#7545E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BB4

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

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