#2E8EB5#2E8EB5

#2E8EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.105 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EB5
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -14.45, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 31.82, 243.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0678 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.105 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1368, 23.2608, 47.1883)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EB5 #B5552E

analogous

#2EB598 #2E8EB5 #2E4BB5

triadic

#2E8EB5 #B52E8E #8EB52E

tetradic

#2E8EB5 #982EB5 #B5552E #4BB52E

square

#2E8EB5 #982EB5 #B5552E #4BB52E

split-complementary

#2E8EB5 #B52E4B #B5982E

monochromatic

#154153 #226884 #2E8EB5 #4EACD2 #7FC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2E8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#2E8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EB5

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EB5	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.105 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafcb',
    500: '#2e8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8eb5;
$custom-light: #7aafcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60881,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EB5

secondary

#C78F78

accent

#7345E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EB5

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

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