#2E8CA0#2E8CA0

#2E8CA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.090 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CA0
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -20.39, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 27.56, 222.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.074 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.09 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8473, 21.8731, 36.5849)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CA0 #A0422E

analogous

#2EA07B #2E8CA0 #2E53A0

triadic

#2E8CA0 #A02E8C #8CA02E

tetradic

#2E8CA0 #7B2EA0 #A0422E #53A02E

square

#2E8CA0 #7B2EA0 #A0422E #53A02E

split-complementary

#2E8CA0 #A02E53 #A07B2E

monochromatic

#133941 #206270 #2E8CA0 #42B1C9 #72C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2E8CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2E8CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CA0

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CA0	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E87A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.090 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbc',
    500: '#2e8ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ca0;
$custom-light: #77adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.526,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59445,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CA0

secondary

#BE7A6C

accent

#6349DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CA0

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

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