#2E8DAE#2E8DAE

#2E8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.099 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DAE
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -16.28, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 30.06, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0695 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.099 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2884, 22.6845, 43.4509)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DAE #AE4F2E

analogous

#2EAE8F #2E8DAE #2E4DAE

triadic

#2E8DAE #AE2E8D #8DAE2E

tetradic

#2E8DAE #8F2EAE #AE4F2E #4DAE2E

square

#2E8DAE #8F2EAE #AE4F2E #4DAE2E

split-complementary

#2E8DAE #AE2E4D #AE8F2E

monochromatic

#143F4D #21667E #2E8DAE #4AADCF #7AC3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2E8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2E8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DAE

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DAE	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.099 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec6',
    500: '#2e8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8dae;
$custom-light: #79aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.469,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6031,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DAE

secondary

#C48874

accent

#6E46E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DAE

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

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