#2E8DB1#2E8DB1

#2E8DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.102 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DB1
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -15.26, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 30.84, 240.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% -0.0683 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.102 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5842, 22.8027, 45.0084)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DB1 #B1522E

analogous

#2EB193 #2E8DB1 #2E4BB1

triadic

#2E8DB1 #B12E8D #8DB12E

tetradic

#2E8DB1 #932EB1 #B1522E #4BB12E

square

#2E8DB1 #932EB1 #B1522E #4BB12E

split-complementary

#2E8DB1 #B12E4B #B1932E

monochromatic

#154050 #216680 #2E8DB1 #4CACD0 #7CC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2E8DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2E8DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DB1

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DB1	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.102 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec8',
    500: '#2e8db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8db1;
$custom-light: #79aec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60449,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DB1

secondary

#C68B75

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DB1

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

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