#2E8EA8#2E8EA8

#2E8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.095 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EA8
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, -18.83, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 28.75, 229.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0728 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.095 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8647, 22.7519, 40.4882)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EA8 #A8482E

analogous

#2EA885 #2E8EA8 #2E51A8

triadic

#2E8EA8 #A82E8E #8EA82E

tetradic

#2E8EA8 #852EA8 #A8482E #51A82E

square

#2E8EA8 #852EA8 #A8482E #51A82E

split-complementary

#2E8EA8 #A82E51 #A8852E

monochromatic

#143D48 #216578 #2E8EA8 #47B0CD #77C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2E8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2E8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EA8

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EA8	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.095 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc2',
    500: '#2e8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ea8;
$custom-light: #78afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.787,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60288,
    "c": 0.09478,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EA8

secondary

#C28270

accent

#6848E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EA8

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

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