#2E8BBC#2E8BBC

#2E8BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.113 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BBC
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, -10.34, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 34.85, 252.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% -0.0624 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.113 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4328, 22.6746, 50.9197)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BBC #BC5F2E

analogous

#2EBCA6 #2E8BBC #2E44BC

triadic

#2E8BBC #BC2E8B #8BBC2E

tetradic

#2E8BBC #A62EBC #BC5F2E #44BC2E

square

#2E8BBC #A62EBC #BC5F2E #44BC2E

split-complementary

#2E8BBC #BC2E44 #BCA62E

monochromatic

#16425A #22678B #2E8BBC #52A8D5 #84C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2E8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2E8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BBC

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BBC	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.113 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacd0',
    500: '#2e8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bbc;
$custom-light: #7bacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.704,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60499,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BBC

secondary

#CA977C

accent

#7B44E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BBC

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

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