#2E8CA8#2E8CA8

#2E8CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.095 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CA8
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -17.75, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 28.80, 231.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0708 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.095 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5698, 22.1621, 40.3899)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CA8 #A84A2E

analogous

#2EA887 #2E8CA8 #2E4FA8

triadic

#2E8CA8 #A82E8C #8CA82E

tetradic

#2E8CA8 #872EA8 #A84A2E #4FA82E

square

#2E8CA8 #872EA8 #A84A2E #4FA82E

split-complementary

#2E8CA8 #A82E4F #A8872E

monochromatic

#143C48 #216478 #2E8CA8 #47AECD #77C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2E8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2E8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CA8

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CA8	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)

#7C89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.095 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc2',
    500: '#2e8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ca8;
$custom-light: #78adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.77,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59792,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CA8

secondary

#C28370

accent

#6B48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CA8

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

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