#2E8EAD#2E8EAD

#2E8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.098 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EAD
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -17.16, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 29.74, 234.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0708 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.098 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3394, 22.9418, 42.9887)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EAD #AD4D2E

analogous

#2EAD8D #2E8EAD #2E4EAD

triadic

#2E8EAD #AD2E8E #8EAD2E

tetradic

#2E8EAD #8D2EAD #AD4D2E #4EAD2E

square

#2E8EAD #8D2EAD #AD4D2E #4EAD2E

split-complementary

#2E8EAD #AD2E4E #AD8D2E

monochromatic

#143F4C #21667D #2E8EAD #49AECF #7AC4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2E8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#2E8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EAD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EAD	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.098 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc5',
    500: '#2e8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ead;
$custom-light: #79afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.646,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6051,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EAD

secondary

#C48773

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EAD

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

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