#2E8CD7#2E8CD7

#2E8CD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.142 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8CD7
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -1.24, -46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 46.06, 268.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0551 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.142 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7658, 24.2406, 67.7558)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8CD7 #D7792E

analogous

#2ED7CD #2E8CD7 #2E37D7

triadic

#2E8CD7 #D72E8C #8CD72E

tetradic

#2E8CD7 #CD2ED7 #D7792E #37D72E

square

#2E8CD7 #CD2ED7 #D7792E #37D72E

split-complementary

#2E8CD7 #D72E37 #D7CD2E

monochromatic

#164B74 #206CA8 #2E8CD7 #61A8E1 #95C5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#2E8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#2E8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8CD7

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8CD7	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5080D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.142 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ade4',
    500: '#2e8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8cd7;
$custom-light: #80ade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.627,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62184,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8CD7

secondary

#D6AC8B

accent

#8A3DEB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8CD7

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

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