#2E8EB6#2E8EB6

#2E8EB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.105 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EB6
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -14.10, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 32.12, 243.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0675 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.105 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2398, 23.3020, 47.7306)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EB6 #B6562E

analogous

#2EB69A #2E8EB6 #2E4AB6

triadic

#2E8EB6 #B62E8E #8EB62E

tetradic

#2E8EB6 #9A2EB6 #B6562E #4AB62E

square

#2E8EB6 #9A2EB6 #B6562E #4AB62E

split-complementary

#2E8EB6 #B62E4A #B69A2E

monochromatic

#154254 #226885 #2E8EB6 #4FACD2 #80C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#2E8EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#2E8EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EB6

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EB6	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.105 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafcc',
    500: '#2e8eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8eb6;
$custom-light: #7aafcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60928,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EB6

secondary

#C89078

accent

#7345E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EB6

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

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