#2E8CA9#2E8CA9

#2E8CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.096 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CA9
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, -17.42, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 29.00, 233.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0704 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.096 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6633, 22.1995, 40.8825)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CA9 #A94B2E

analogous

#2EA988 #2E8CA9 #2E4FA9

triadic

#2E8CA9 #A92E8C #8CA92E

tetradic

#2E8CA9 #882EA9 #A94B2E #4FA92E

square

#2E8CA9 #882EA9 #A94B2E #4FA92E

split-complementary

#2E8CA9 #A92E4F #A9882E

monochromatic

#143C49 #216479 #2E8CA9 #47ADCD #77C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2E8CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2E8CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CA9

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CA9	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.096 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc2',
    500: '#2e8ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ca9;
$custom-light: #78adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.146,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59837,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CA9

secondary

#C28471

accent

#6B47E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CA9

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

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