#2E8DCD#2E8DCD

#2E8DCD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.130 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DCD
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -5.44, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 41.10, 262.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0588 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.13 243)
XYZ	xyz(21.6667, 24.0358, 61.2432)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DCD #CD6E2E

analogous

#2ECDBE #2E8DCD #2E3DCD

triadic

#2E8DCD #CD2E8D #8DCD2E

tetradic

#2E8DCD #BE2ECD #CD6E2E #3DCD2E

square

#2E8DCD #BE2ECD #CD6E2E #3DCD2E

split-complementary

#2E8DCD #CD2E3D #CDBE2E

monochromatic

#184869 #236B9B #2E8DCD #5DA8DB #8FC3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#2E8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#2E8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DCD

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DCD	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.130 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaedc',
    500: '#2e8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8dcd;
$custom-light: #7eaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.151,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6186,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.24038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DCD

secondary

#D0A486

accent

#8441E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DCD

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

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