#2E8EAA#2E8EAA

#2E8EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.096 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EAA
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -18.17, -22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 29.11, 231.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% -0.072 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.096 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0524, 22.8270, 41.4771)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EAA #AA4A2E

analogous

#2EAA88 #2E8EAA #2E50AA

triadic

#2E8EAA #AA2E8E #8EAA2E

tetradic

#2E8EAA #882EAA #AA4A2E #50AA2E

square

#2E8EAA #882EAA #AA4A2E #50AA2E

split-complementary

#2E8EAA #AA2E50 #AA882E

monochromatic

#143E4A #21667A #2E8EAA #48AFCD #78C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2E8EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2E8EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EAA

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EAA	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.096 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc3',
    500: '#2e8eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8eaa;
$custom-light: #78afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60376,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EAA

secondary

#C38471

accent

#6A47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EAA

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

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