#2E8DA5#2E8DA5

#2E8DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.093 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DA5
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -19.29, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 28.26, 226.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.073 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.093 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4403, 22.3452, 38.9839)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DA5 #A5462E

analogous

#2EA582 #2E8DA5 #2E52A5

triadic

#2E8DA5 #A52E8D #8DA52E

tetradic

#2E8DA5 #822EA5 #A5462E #52A52E

square

#2E8DA5 #822EA5 #A5462E #52A52E

split-complementary

#2E8DA5 #A52E52 #A5822E

monochromatic

#133B45 #216475 #2E8DA5 #45B0CB #75C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2E8DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#2E8DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DA5

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DA5	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.093 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aebf',
    500: '#2e8da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8da5;
$custom-light: #78aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.101,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59908,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DA5

secondary

#C07F6F

accent

#6748E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DA5

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

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