#2E8CA4#2E8CA4

#2E8CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.092 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CA4
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -19.08, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 28.09, 227.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0724 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.092 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2028, 22.0154, 38.4575)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CA4 #A4462E

analogous

#2EA481 #2E8CA4 #2E51A4

triadic

#2E8CA4 #A42E8C #8CA42E

tetradic

#2E8CA4 #812EA4 #A4462E #51A42E

square

#2E8CA4 #812EA4 #A4462E #51A42E

split-complementary

#2E8CA4 #A42E51 #A4812E

monochromatic

#133A44 #216374 #2E8CA4 #45AFCB #74C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2E8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2E8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CA4

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CA4	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)

#7D88A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.092 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbf',
    500: '#2e8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ca4;
$custom-light: #77adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.203,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59616,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CA4

secondary

#C07F6E

accent

#6748DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CA4

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

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