#2E8EA2#2E8EA2

#2E8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.091 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EA2
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -20.80, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 27.92, 221.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0753 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.091 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3186, 22.5335, 37.6121)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EA2 #A2422E

analogous

#2EA27C #2E8EA2 #2E54A2

triadic

#2E8EA2 #A22E8E #8EA22E

tetradic

#2E8EA2 #7C2EA2 #A2422E #54A22E

square

#2E8EA2 #7C2EA2 #A2422E #54A22E

split-complementary

#2E8EA2 #A22E54 #A27C2E

monochromatic

#133A43 #206472 #2E8EA2 #43B3CA #73C6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2E8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2E8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EA2

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EA2	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.091 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbd',
    500: '#2e8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ea2;
$custom-light: #77afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6003,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EA2

secondary

#BF7B6D

accent

#6349DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EA2

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

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