#2E8CB6#2E8CB6

#2E8CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.106 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CB6
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -12.99, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 32.51, 246.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0655 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.106 232)
XYZ	xyz(18.9449, 22.7122, 47.6323)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CB6 #B6582E

analogous

#2EB69C #2E8CB6 #2E48B6

triadic

#2E8CB6 #B62E8C #8CB62E

tetradic

#2E8CB6 #9C2EB6 #B6582E #48B62E

square

#2E8CB6 #9C2EB6 #B6582E #48B62E

split-complementary

#2E8CB6 #B62E48 #B69C2E

monochromatic

#154154 #226685 #2E8CB6 #4FAAD2 #80C1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2E8CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2E8CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CB6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CB6	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.106 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadcc',
    500: '#2e8cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cb6;
$custom-light: #7aadcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.529,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60443,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.22714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CB6

secondary

#C89178

accent

#7645E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CB6

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

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