#2E8EA6#2E8EA6

#2E8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.094 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EA6
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, -19.49, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 28.43, 226.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0736 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.094 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6798, 22.6780, 39.5145)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EA6 #A6462E

analogous

#2EA682 #2E8EA6 #2E52A6

triadic

#2E8EA6 #A62E8E #8EA62E

tetradic

#2E8EA6 #822EA6 #A6462E #52A62E

square

#2E8EA6 #822EA6 #A6462E #52A62E

split-complementary

#2E8EA6 #A62E52 #A6822E

monochromatic

#133C46 #216576 #2E8EA6 #46B1CC #76C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2E8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2E8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EA6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EA6	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.094 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc0',
    500: '#2e8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ea6;
$custom-light: #78afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.602,
    "c": 0.09357,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EA6

secondary

#C17F6F

accent

#6648E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EA6

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

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