#2E8DB9#2E8DB9

#2E8DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.109 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DB9
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -12.51, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 33.28, 247.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0654 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.109 233)
XYZ	xyz(19.4050, 23.1311, 49.3316)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DB9 #B95A2E

analogous

#2EB99F #2E8DB9 #2E47B9

triadic

#2E8DB9 #B92E8D #8DB92E

tetradic

#2E8DB9 #9F2EB9 #B95A2E #47B92E

square

#2E8DB9 #9F2EB9 #B95A2E #47B92E

split-complementary

#2E8DB9 #B92E47 #B99F2E

monochromatic

#164257 #226888 #2E8DB9 #51AAD4 #82C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2E8DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#2E8DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DB9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DB9	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.109 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaece',
    500: '#2e8db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8db9;
$custom-light: #7aaece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.993,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60831,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.23133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DB9

secondary

#C9937A

accent

#7744E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DB9

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

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