#2E8EAF#2E8EAF

#2E8EAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.100 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EAF
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 175)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -16.49, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 30.20, 236.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0701 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.1 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5344, 23.0198, 44.0156)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EAF #AF4F2E

analogous

#2EAF8F #2E8EAF #2E4DAF

triadic

#2E8EAF #AF2E8E #8EAF2E

tetradic

#2E8EAF #8F2EAF #AF4F2E #4DAF2E

square

#2E8EAF #8F2EAF #AF4F2E #4DAF2E

split-complementary

#2E8EAF #AF2E4D #AF8F2E

monochromatic

#153F4E #21677F #2E8EAF #4BAED0 #7BC3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2E8EAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2E8EAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EAF

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EAF	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8eaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.100 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc7',
    500: '#2e8eaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8eaf;
$custom-light: #79afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8eaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 58.371,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60601,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EAF

secondary

#C58974

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EAF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →