#2E8DB3#2E8DB3

#2E8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.103 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DB3
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -14.58, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 31.40, 242.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0676 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.103 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7850, 22.8831, 46.0659)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DB3 #B3542E

analogous

#2EB397 #2E8DB3 #2E4BB3

triadic

#2E8DB3 #B32E8D #8DB32E

tetradic

#2E8DB3 #972EB3 #B3542E #4BB32E

square

#2E8DB3 #972EB3 #B3542E #4BB32E

split-complementary

#2E8DB3 #B32E4B #B3972E

monochromatic

#154052 #216782 #2E8DB3 #4DABD1 #7EC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2E8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2E8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DB3

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DB3	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.103 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeca',
    500: '#2e8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8db3;
$custom-light: #7aaeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60543,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DB3

secondary

#C68D76

accent

#7246E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DB3

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

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