#2E8CA7#2E8CA7

#2E8CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.094 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CA7
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -18.09, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 28.60, 230.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0712 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.094 221)
XYZ	xyz(17.4770, 22.1250, 39.9012)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CA7 #A7492E

analogous

#2EA786 #2E8CA7 #2E50A7

triadic

#2E8CA7 #A72E8C #8CA72E

tetradic

#2E8CA7 #862EA7 #A7492E #50A72E

square

#2E8CA7 #862EA7 #A7492E #50A72E

split-complementary

#2E8CA7 #A72E50 #A7862E

monochromatic

#143C47 #216477 #2E8CA7 #46AECC #76C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2E8CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2E8CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CA7

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CA7	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.094 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc1',
    500: '#2e8ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ca7;
$custom-light: #78adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.388,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59748,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.22127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CA7

secondary

#C18270

accent

#6A48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CA7

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

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