#2E8EA4#2E8EA4

#2E8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.092 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EA4
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -20.15, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 28.15, 224.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0744 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.092 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4977, 22.6052, 38.5558)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EA4 #A4442E

analogous

#2EA47F #2E8EA4 #2E53A4

triadic

#2E8EA4 #A42E8E #8EA42E

tetradic

#2E8EA4 #7F2EA4 #A4442E #53A42E

square

#2E8EA4 #7F2EA4 #A4442E #53A42E

split-complementary

#2E8EA4 #A42E53 #A47F2E

monochromatic

#133B44 #216574 #2E8EA4 #45B2CB #74C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2E8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2E8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EA4

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EA4	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.092 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afbf',
    500: '#2e8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ea4;
$custom-light: #78afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.186,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60114,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EA4

secondary

#C07D6E

accent

#6548DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EA4

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

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