#2E8DA8#2E8DA8

#2E8DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.095 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DA8
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -18.29, -22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 28.76, 230.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0718 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.095 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7165, 22.4557, 40.4389)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DA8 #A8492E

analogous

#2EA886 #2E8DA8 #2E50A8

triadic

#2E8DA8 #A82E8D #8DA82E

tetradic

#2E8DA8 #862EA8 #A8492E #50A82E

square

#2E8DA8 #862EA8 #A8492E #50A82E

split-complementary

#2E8DA8 #A82E50 #A8862E

monochromatic

#143C48 #216578 #2E8DA8 #47AFCD #77C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2E8DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#2E8DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DA8

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DA8	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.095 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec2',
    500: '#2e8da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8da8;
$custom-light: #78aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.279,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6004,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DA8

secondary

#C28270

accent

#6948E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DA8

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

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