#2E8EBA#2E8EBA

#2E8EBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.109 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EBA
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -12.72, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 33.39, 247.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.066 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.109 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6591, 23.4697, 49.9389)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EBA #BA5A2E

analogous

#2EBAA0 #2E8EBA #2E48BA

triadic

#2E8EBA #BA2E8E #8EBA2E

tetradic

#2E8EBA #A02EBA #BA5A2E #48BA2E

square

#2E8EBA #A02EBA #BA5A2E #48BA2E

split-complementary

#2E8EBA #BA2E48 #BAA02E

monochromatic

#164358 #226989 #2E8EBA #51ABD4 #82C3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#2E8EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#2E8EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EBA

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EBA	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.109 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafcf',
    500: '#2e8eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8eba;
$custom-light: #7bafcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61121,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EBA

secondary

#C9937B

accent

#7644E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EBA

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

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