#2E8CAE#2E8CAE

#2E8CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.099 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CAE
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -15.73, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 30.17, 238.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0684 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.099 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1417, 22.3909, 43.4019)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CAE #AE502E

analogous

#2EAE90 #2E8CAE #2E4CAE

triadic

#2E8CAE #AE2E8C #8CAE2E

tetradic

#2E8CAE #902EAE #AE502E #4CAE2E

square

#2E8CAE #902EAE #AE502E #4CAE2E

split-complementary

#2E8CAE #AE2E4C #AE902E

monochromatic

#143E4D #21657E #2E8CAE #4AACCF #7AC2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2E8CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2E8CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CAE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CAE	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.099 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc6',
    500: '#2e8cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cae;
$custom-light: #79adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60065,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CAE

secondary

#C48974

accent

#7046E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CAE

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

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