#2E8DAA#2E8DAA

#2E8DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.096 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DAA
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -17.63, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 29.16, 232.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.071 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.096 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9043, 22.5308, 41.4277)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DAA #AA4B2E

analogous

#2EAA89 #2E8DAA #2E4FAA

triadic

#2E8DAA #AA2E8D #8DAA2E

tetradic

#2E8DAA #892EAA #AA4B2E #4FAA2E

square

#2E8DAA #892EAA #AA4B2E #4FAA2E

split-complementary

#2E8DAA #AA2E4F #AA892E

monochromatic

#143D4A #21657A #2E8DAA #48AECD #78C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2E8DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2E8DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DAA

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DAA	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.096 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec3',
    500: '#2e8daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8daa;
$custom-light: #78aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.032,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60129,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DAA

secondary

#C38471

accent

#6B47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DAA

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

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