#2E8DB2#2E8DB2

#2E8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.102 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DB2
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -14.92, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 31.12, 241.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% -0.0679 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.102 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6842, 22.8428, 45.5352)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DB2 #B2532E

analogous

#2EB295 #2E8DB2 #2E4BB2

triadic

#2E8DB2 #B22E8D #8DB22E

tetradic

#2E8DB2 #952EB2 #B2532E #4BB22E

square

#2E8DB2 #952EB2 #B2532E #4BB22E

split-complementary

#2E8DB2 #B22E4B #B2952E

monochromatic

#154051 #216681 #2E8DB2 #4CACD1 #7DC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2E8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2E8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DB2

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DB2	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.102 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec9',
    500: '#2e8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8db2;
$custom-light: #79aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60496,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DB2

secondary

#C68C76

accent

#7246E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DB2

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

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