#2E8BB6#2E8BB6

#2E8BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.107 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BB6
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -12.43, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 32.73, 247.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0645 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.107 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7994, 22.4213, 47.5838)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BB6 #B6592E

analogous

#2EB69D #2E8BB6 #2E47B6

triadic

#2E8BB6 #B62E8B #8BB62E

tetradic

#2E8BB6 #9D2EB6 #B6592E #47B62E

square

#2E8BB6 #9D2EB6 #B6592E #47B62E

split-complementary

#2E8BB6 #B62E47 #B69D2E

monochromatic

#154054 #226685 #2E8BB6 #4FA9D2 #80C1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2E8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2E8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BB6

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BB6	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.107 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaccc',
    500: '#2e8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bb6;
$custom-light: #7aaccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.971,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60201,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BB6

secondary

#C89178

accent

#7745E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BB6

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

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