#2E8CBC#2E8CBC

#2E8CBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.112 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CBC
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -10.90, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 34.58, 251.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.0634 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.112 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5783, 22.9655, 50.9681)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CBC #BC5E2E

analogous

#2EBCA5 #2E8CBC #2E45BC

triadic

#2E8CBC #BC2E8C #8CBC2E

tetradic

#2E8CBC #A52EBC #BC5E2E #45BC2E

square

#2E8CBC #A52EBC #BC5E2E #45BC2E

split-complementary

#2E8CBC #BC2E45 #BCA52E

monochromatic

#16435A #22678B #2E8CBC #52A9D5 #84C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2E8CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#2E8CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CBC

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CBC	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.112 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badd0',
    500: '#2e8cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cbc;
$custom-light: #7badd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.282,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60739,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CBC

secondary

#CA967C

accent

#7A44E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CBC

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

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