#2E8DCE#2E8DCE

#2E8DCE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.131 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8DCE
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, -5.08, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 41.54, 262.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0585 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.131 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7878, 24.0842, 61.8810)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8DCE #CE6F2E

analogous

#2ECEBF #2E8DCE #2E3DCE

triadic

#2E8DCE #CE2E8D #8DCE2E

tetradic

#2E8DCE #BF2ECE #CE6F2E #3DCE2E

square

#2E8DCE #BF2ECE #CE6F2E #3DCE2E

split-complementary

#2E8DCE #CE2E3D #CEBF2E

monochromatic

#18496A #236B9C #2E8DCE #5EA8DB #90C3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#2E8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#2E8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8DCE

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8DCE	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.131 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaedd',
    500: '#2e8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8dce;
$custom-light: #7eaedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61914,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8DCE

secondary

#D1A587

accent

#8441E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8DCE

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

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