#2E8BCB#2E8BCB

#2E8BCB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.129 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BCB
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -5.00, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 41.00, 263.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0576 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.129 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1346, 23.3553, 59.8825)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BCB #CB6E2E

analogous

#2ECBBD #2E8BCB #2E3CCB

triadic

#2E8BCB #CB2E8B #8BCB2E

tetradic

#2E8BCB #BD2ECB #CB6E2E #3CCB2E

square

#2E8BCB #BD2ECB #CB6E2E #3CCB2E

split-complementary

#2E8BCB #CB2E3C #CBBD2E

monochromatic

#174767 #236999 #2E8BCB #5CA7DA #8EC2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#2E8BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#2E8BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BCB

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BCB	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.129 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacdb',
    500: '#2e8bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bcb;
$custom-light: #7dacdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.459,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61285,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BCB

secondary

#D0A485

accent

#8542E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FB

border

#CACED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BCB

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

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