#2E8DB6#2E8DB6

#2E8DB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.106 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DB6
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 22.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -13.55, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 32.31, 245.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0665 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.106 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0917, 23.0058, 47.6813)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DB6 #B6572E

analogous

#2EB69B #2E8DB6 #2E49B6

triadic

#2E8DB6 #B62E8D #8DB62E

tetradic

#2E8DB6 #9B2EB6 #B6572E #49B62E

square

#2E8DB6 #9B2EB6 #B6572E #49B62E

split-complementary

#2E8DB6 #B62E49 #B69B2E

monochromatic

#154154 #226785 #2E8DB6 #4FABD2 #80C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2E8DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2E8DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DB6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DB6	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.106 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaecc',
    500: '#2e8db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8db6;
$custom-light: #7aaecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60686,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DB6

secondary

#C89078

accent

#7545E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DB6

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

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