#2E8BD7#2E8BD7

#2E8BD7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.143 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8BD7
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 215)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 35.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -0.65, -46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 46.51, 269.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0542 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.143 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6204, 23.9496, 67.7074)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8BD7 #D77A2E

analogous

#2ED7CE #2E8BD7 #2E36D7

triadic

#2E8BD7 #D72E8B #8BD72E

tetradic

#2E8BD7 #CE2ED7 #D77A2E #36D72E

square

#2E8BD7 #CE2ED7 #D77A2E #36D72E

split-complementary

#2E8BD7 #D72E36 #D7CE2E

monochromatic

#164A74 #206BA8 #2E8BD7 #61A8E1 #95C4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#2E8BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#2E8BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8BD7

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8BD7	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.143 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ace4',
    500: '#2e8bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8bd7;
$custom-light: #80ace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.982,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61955,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8BD7

secondary

#D6AD8B

accent

#8B3DEB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8BD7

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

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