#2E8CA2#2E8CA2

#2E8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.091 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CA2
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -19.74, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 27.80, 224.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0732 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.091 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0237, 21.9437, 37.5138)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CA2 #A2442E

analogous

#2EA27E #2E8CA2 #2E52A2

triadic

#2E8CA2 #A22E8C #8CA22E

tetradic

#2E8CA2 #7E2EA2 #A2442E #52A22E

square

#2E8CA2 #7E2EA2 #A2442E #52A22E

split-complementary

#2E8CA2 #A22E52 #A27E2E

monochromatic

#133A43 #206372 #2E8CA2 #43B0CA #73C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2E8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2E8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CA2

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CA2	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.091 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbd',
    500: '#2e8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ca2;
$custom-light: #77adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.379,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5953,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CA2

secondary

#BF7C6D

accent

#6549DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CA2

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

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