#2E8CA5#2E8CA5

#2E8CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.093 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CA5
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -18.75, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 28.25, 228.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.072 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.093 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2935, 22.0516, 38.9350)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CA5 #A5472E

analogous

#2EA583 #2E8CA5 #2E51A5

triadic

#2E8CA5 #A52E8C #8CA52E

tetradic

#2E8CA5 #832EA5 #A5472E #51A52E

square

#2E8CA5 #832EA5 #A5472E #51A52E

split-complementary

#2E8CA5 #A52E51 #A5832E

monochromatic

#133B45 #216375 #2E8CA5 #45AFCB #75C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2E8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2E8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CA5

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CA5	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.093 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbf',
    500: '#2e8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ca5;
$custom-light: #77adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.605,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5966,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CA5

secondary

#C0806F

accent

#6848E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CA5

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

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