#2E8DAD#2E8DAD

#2E8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.098 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DAD
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -16.62, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 29.82, 236.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0698 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.098 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1913, 22.6456, 42.9394)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DAD #AD4E2E

analogous

#2EAD8D #2E8DAD #2E4DAD

triadic

#2E8DAD #AD2E8D #8DAD2E

tetradic

#2E8DAD #8D2EAD #AD4E2E #4DAD2E

square

#2E8DAD #8D2EAD #AD4E2E #4DAD2E

split-complementary

#2E8DAD #AD2E4D #AD8D2E

monochromatic

#143E4C #21667D #2E8DAD #49ADCF #7AC3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2E8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2E8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DAD

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DAD	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.098 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec5',
    500: '#2e8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8dad;
$custom-light: #79aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.118,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60264,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DAD

secondary

#C48773

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DAD

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

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