#2E8CCD#2E8CCD

#2E8CCD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.130 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CCD
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -4.86, -41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 41.49, 263.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0579 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.13 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5200, 23.7422, 61.1943)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CCD #CD6F2E

analogous

#2ECDBF #2E8CCD #2E3DCD

triadic

#2E8CCD #CD2E8C #8CCD2E

tetradic

#2E8CCD #BF2ECD #CD6F2E #3DCD2E

square

#2E8CCD #BF2ECD #CD6F2E #3DCD2E

split-complementary

#2E8CCD #CD2E3D #CDBF2E

monochromatic

#184869 #236A9B #2E8CCD #5DA8DB #8FC3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#2E8CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#2E8CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CCD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CCD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.130 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaddc',
    500: '#2e8ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ccd;
$custom-light: #7eaddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.528,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61627,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CCD

secondary

#D0A586

accent

#8541E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CCD

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

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