#2E8CB9#2E8CB9

#2E8CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.109 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CB9
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -11.95, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 33.51, 249.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0644 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.109 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2582, 22.8375, 49.2826)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CB9 #B95B2E

analogous

#2EB9A0 #2E8CB9 #2E47B9

triadic

#2E8CB9 #B92E8C #8CB92E

tetradic

#2E8CB9 #A02EB9 #B95B2E #47B92E

square

#2E8CB9 #A02EB9 #B95B2E #47B92E

split-complementary

#2E8CB9 #B92E47 #B9A02E

monochromatic

#164257 #226788 #2E8CB9 #51A9D4 #82C1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2E8CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2E8CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CB9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CB9	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.109 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadce',
    500: '#2e8cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cb9;
$custom-light: #7aadce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.424,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6059,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CB9

secondary

#C9947A

accent

#7844E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CB9

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

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