#2E8BB9#2E8BB9

#2E8BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.110 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BB9
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -11.39, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 33.76, 250.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0635 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.11 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1128, 22.5466, 49.2342)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BB9 #B95C2E

analogous

#2EB9A1 #2E8BB9 #2E46B9

triadic

#2E8BB9 #B92E8B #8BB92E

tetradic

#2E8BB9 #A12EB9 #B95C2E #46B92E

square

#2E8BB9 #A12EB9 #B95C2E #46B92E

split-complementary

#2E8BB9 #B92E46 #B9A12E

monochromatic

#164157 #226688 #2E8BB9 #51A8D4 #82C1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2E8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2E8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BB9

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BB9	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.110 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacce',
    500: '#2e8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bb9;
$custom-light: #7aacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60349,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BB9

secondary

#C9947A

accent

#7944E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BB9

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

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