#2E8EA5#2E8EA5

#2E8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.093 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EA5
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -19.82, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 28.28, 225.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.074 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.093 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5884, 22.6414, 39.0333)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EA5 #A5452E

analogous

#2EA581 #2E8EA5 #2E53A5

triadic

#2E8EA5 #A52E8E #8EA52E

tetradic

#2E8EA5 #812EA5 #A5452E #53A52E

square

#2E8EA5 #812EA5 #A5452E #53A52E

split-complementary

#2E8EA5 #A52E53 #A5812E

monochromatic

#133C45 #216575 #2E8EA5 #45B1CB #75C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2E8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2E8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EA5

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EA5	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.093 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afbf',
    500: '#2e8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ea5;
$custom-light: #78afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.597,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60157,
    "c": 0.093,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EA5

secondary

#C07E6F

accent

#6548E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EA5

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

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