#2E8EB2#2E8EB2

#2E8EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.102 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EB2
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -15.47, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 30.97, 240.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.0689 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.102 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8323, 23.1390, 45.5846)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EB2 #B2522E

analogous

#2EB294 #2E8EB2 #2E4CB2

triadic

#2E8EB2 #B22E8E #8EB22E

tetradic

#2E8EB2 #942EB2 #B2522E #4CB22E

square

#2E8EB2 #942EB2 #B2522E #4CB22E

split-complementary

#2E8EB2 #B22E4C #B2942E

monochromatic

#154051 #216781 #2E8EB2 #4CADD1 #7DC3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2E8EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#2E8EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EB2

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EB2	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.102 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc9',
    500: '#2e8eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8eb2;
$custom-light: #79afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6074,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EB2

secondary

#C68C76

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EB2

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

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