#2E8EB3#2E8EB3

#2E8EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.103 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EB3
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -15.13, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 31.25, 241.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0686 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.103 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9331, 23.1793, 46.1153)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EB3 #B3532E

analogous

#2EB396 #2E8EB3 #2E4CB3

triadic

#2E8EB3 #B32E8E #8EB32E

tetradic

#2E8EB3 #962EB3 #B3532E #4CB32E

square

#2E8EB3 #962EB3 #B3532E #4CB32E

split-complementary

#2E8EB3 #B32E4C #B3962E

monochromatic

#154152 #216782 #2E8EB3 #4DACD1 #7EC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2E8EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#2E8EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EB3

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EB3	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.103 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafca',
    500: '#2e8eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8eb3;
$custom-light: #7aafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60786,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EB3

secondary

#C68D76

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EB3

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

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