#2E8EAC#2E8EAC

#2E8EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.097 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EAC
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -17.50, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 29.52, 233.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0712 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.097 223)
XYZ	xyz(18.2430, 22.9033, 42.4810)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EAC #AC4C2E

analogous

#2EAC8B #2E8EAC #2E4FAC

triadic

#2E8EAC #AC2E8E #8EAC2E

tetradic

#2E8EAC #8B2EAC #AC4C2E #4FAC2E

square

#2E8EAC #8B2EAC #AC4C2E #4FAC2E

split-complementary

#2E8EAC #AC2E4F #AC8B2E

monochromatic

#143E4B #21667C #2E8EAC #49AFCE #79C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2E8EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2E8EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EAC

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EAC	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.097 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc4',
    500: '#2e8eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8eac;
$custom-light: #79afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60465,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.22905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EAC

secondary

#C38672

accent

#6B47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EAC

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

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