#2E8CB7#2E8CB7

#2E8CB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.107 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CB7
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 183)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, -12.65, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 32.84, 247.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0651 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.107 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0486, 22.7537, 48.1785)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CB7 #B7592E

analogous

#2EB79D #2E8CB7 #2E48B7

triadic

#2E8CB7 #B72E8C #8CB72E

tetradic

#2E8CB7 #9D2EB7 #B7592E #48B72E

square

#2E8CB7 #9D2EB7 #B7592E #48B72E

split-complementary

#2E8CB7 #B72E48 #B79D2E

monochromatic

#154155 #226786 #2E8CB7 #4FAAD3 #80C1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2E8CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2E8CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CB7

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CB7	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.107 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadcc',
    500: '#2e8cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cb7;
$custom-light: #7aadcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.832,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60492,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CB7

secondary

#C89279

accent

#7645E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CB7

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

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