#2E8CAC#2E8CAC

#2E8CAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.098 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CAC
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -16.41, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 29.67, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0692 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.098 225)
XYZ	xyz(17.9481, 22.3135, 42.3827)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CAC #AC4E2E

analogous

#2EAC8D #2E8CAC #2E4DAC

triadic

#2E8CAC #AC2E8C #8CAC2E

tetradic

#2E8CAC #8D2EAC #AC4E2E #4DAC2E

square

#2E8CAC #8D2EAC #AC4E2E #4DAC2E

split-complementary

#2E8CAC #AC2E4D #AC8D2E

monochromatic

#143D4B #21657C #2E8CAC #49ACCE #79C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2E8CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2E8CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CAC

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CAC	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.098 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc4',
    500: '#2e8cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cac;
$custom-light: #78adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.238,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59973,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.22316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CAC

secondary

#C38772

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CAC

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

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