#2E8CB4#2E8CB4

#2E8CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.105 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CB4
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -13.68, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 31.88, 244.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0662 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.105 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7397, 22.6301, 46.5516)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CB4 #B4562E

analogous

#2EB499 #2E8CB4 #2E49B4

triadic

#2E8CB4 #B42E8C #8CB42E

tetradic

#2E8CB4 #992EB4 #B4562E #49B42E

square

#2E8CB4 #992EB4 #B4562E #49B42E

split-complementary

#2E8CB4 #B42E49 #B4992E

monochromatic

#154053 #226683 #2E8CB4 #4EAAD2 #7EC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2E8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2E8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CB4

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CB4	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.105 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadca',
    500: '#2e8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cb4;
$custom-light: #7aadca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60347,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CB4

secondary

#C78F77

accent

#7445E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CB4

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

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