#2E8CA6#2E8CA6

#2E8CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.094 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CA6
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -18.42, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 28.42, 229.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0716 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.094 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3849, 22.0882, 39.4162)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CA6 #A6482E

analogous

#2EA684 #2E8CA6 #2E50A6

triadic

#2E8CA6 #A62E8C #8CA62E

tetradic

#2E8CA6 #842EA6 #A6482E #50A62E

square

#2E8CA6 #842EA6 #A6482E #50A62E

split-complementary

#2E8CA6 #A62E50 #A6842E

monochromatic

#133B46 #216476 #2E8CA6 #46AFCC #76C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2E8CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2E8CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CA6

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CA6	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.094 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc0',
    500: '#2e8ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ca6;
$custom-light: #78adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59704,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CA6

secondary

#C1816F

accent

#6948E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CA6

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

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