#2E8DB4#2E8DB4

#2E8DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.104 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DB4
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -14.24, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 31.70, 243.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0672 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.104 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8865, 22.9237, 46.6005)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DB4 #B4552E

analogous

#2EB498 #2E8DB4 #2E4AB4

triadic

#2E8DB4 #B42E8D #8DB42E

tetradic

#2E8DB4 #982EB4 #B4552E #4AB42E

square

#2E8DB4 #982EB4 #B4552E #4AB42E

split-complementary

#2E8DB4 #B42E4A #B4982E

monochromatic

#154153 #226783 #2E8DB4 #4EABD2 #7EC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2E8DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#2E8DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DB4

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DB4	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.104 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeca',
    500: '#2e8db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8db4;
$custom-light: #7aaeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6059,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DB4

secondary

#C78E77

accent

#7345E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DB4

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

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