#2E8BBD#2E8BBD

#2E8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.114 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BBD
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -9.99, -33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 35.23, 253.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.0621 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.114 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5410, 22.7179, 51.4894)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BBD #BD602E

analogous

#2EBDA7 #2E8BBD #2E43BD

triadic

#2E8BBD #BD2E8B #8BBD2E

tetradic

#2E8BBD #A72EBD #BD602E #43BD2E

square

#2E8BBD #A72EBD #BD602E #43BD2E

split-complementary

#2E8BBD #BD2E43 #BDA72E

monochromatic

#16435B #22678C #2E8BBD #53A8D5 #84C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2E8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2E8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BBD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BBD	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)

#738BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.114 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacd1',
    500: '#2e8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bbd;
$custom-light: #7bacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.979,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6055,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BBD

secondary

#CA987C

accent

#7C44E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BBD

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

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