#2E8CA3#2E8CA3

#2E8CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.092 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CA3
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -19.41, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 27.94, 225.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.0728 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.092 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1129, 21.9794, 37.9838)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CA3 #A3452E

analogous

#2EA37F #2E8CA3 #2E51A3

triadic

#2E8CA3 #A32E8C #8CA32E

tetradic

#2E8CA3 #7F2EA3 #A3452E #51A32E

square

#2E8CA3 #7F2EA3 #A3452E #51A32E

split-complementary

#2E8CA3 #A32E51 #A37F2E

monochromatic

#133A44 #216373 #2E8CA3 #44B0CA #74C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2E8CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2E8CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CA3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CA3	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.092 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbe',
    500: '#2e8ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ca3;
$custom-light: #77adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.795,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59573,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CA3

secondary

#BF7E6D

accent

#6649DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CA3

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

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