#2E8CB3#2E8CB3

#2E8CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.104 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CB3
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -14.03, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 31.57, 243.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0666 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.104 230)
XYZ	xyz(18.6382, 22.5895, 46.0170)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CB3 #B3552E

analogous

#2EB398 #2E8CB3 #2E4AB3

triadic

#2E8CB3 #B32E8C #8CB32E

tetradic

#2E8CB3 #982EB3 #B3552E #4AB32E

square

#2E8CB3 #982EB3 #B3552E #4AB32E

split-complementary

#2E8CB3 #B32E4A #B3982E

monochromatic

#154052 #216682 #2E8CB3 #4DAAD1 #7EC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2E8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2E8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CB3

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CB3	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.104 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adca',
    500: '#2e8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cb3;
$custom-light: #79adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60299,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.22592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CB3

secondary

#C68E76

accent

#7346E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CB3

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

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