#2E8EA9#2E8EA9

#2E8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.095 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EA9
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, -18.50, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 28.93, 230.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0724 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.095 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9582, 22.7893, 40.9808)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EA9 #A9492E

analogous

#2EA987 #2E8EA9 #2E50A9

triadic

#2E8EA9 #A92E8E #8EA92E

tetradic

#2E8EA9 #872EA9 #A9492E #50A92E

square

#2E8EA9 #872EA9 #A9492E #50A92E

split-complementary

#2E8EA9 #A92E50 #A9872E

monochromatic

#143D49 #216679 #2E8EA9 #47B0CD #77C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2E8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2E8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EA9

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EA9	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.095 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc2',
    500: '#2e8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ea9;
$custom-light: #78afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60332,
    "c": 0.09542,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EA9

secondary

#C28371

accent

#6947E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EA9

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

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