#2E8CB2#2E8CB2

#2E8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.103 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CB2
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -14.37, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 31.27, 242.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.0669 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.103 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5374, 22.5492, 45.4863)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CB2 #B2542E

analogous

#2EB296 #2E8CB2 #2E4AB2

triadic

#2E8CB2 #B22E8C #8CB22E

tetradic

#2E8CB2 #962EB2 #B2542E #4AB22E

square

#2E8CB2 #962EB2 #B2542E #4AB22E

split-complementary

#2E8CB2 #B22E4A #B2962E

monochromatic

#154051 #216681 #2E8CB2 #4CABD1 #7DC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2E8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2E8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CB2

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CB2	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.103 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc9',
    500: '#2e8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cb2;
$custom-light: #79adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60252,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CB2

secondary

#C68D76

accent

#7346E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CB2

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

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