#2E8CAA#2E8CAA

#2E8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.096 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CAA
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, -17.08, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 29.21, 234.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.07 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.096 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7575, 22.2372, 41.3788)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CAA #AA4C2E

analogous

#2EAA8A #2E8CAA #2E4EAA

triadic

#2E8CAA #AA2E8C #8CAA2E

tetradic

#2E8CAA #8A2EAA #AA4C2E #4EAA2E

square

#2E8CAA #8A2EAA #AA4C2E #4EAA2E

split-complementary

#2E8CAA #AA2E4E #AA8A2E

monochromatic

#143D4A #21647A #2E8CAA #48ADCD #78C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2E8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#2E8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CAA

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CAA	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.096 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc3',
    500: '#2e8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8caa;
$custom-light: #78adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.516,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59882,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CAA

secondary

#C38571

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CAA

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

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