#2E8EBC#2E8EBC

#2E8EBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.111 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EBC
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -12.03, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 34.07, 249.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0653 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.111 234)
XYZ	xyz(19.8732, 23.5553, 51.0664)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EBC #BC5C2E

analogous

#2EBCA3 #2E8EBC #2E47BC

triadic

#2E8EBC #BC2E8E #8EBC2E

tetradic

#2E8EBC #A32EBC #BC5C2E #47BC2E

square

#2E8EBC #A32EBC #BC5C2E #47BC2E

split-complementary

#2E8EBC #BC2E47 #BCA32E

monochromatic

#16445A #22698B #2E8EBC #52ABD5 #84C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#2E8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#2E8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EBC

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EBC	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.111 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafd0',
    500: '#2e8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ebc;
$custom-light: #7bafd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61219,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.23558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EBC

secondary

#CA957C

accent

#7844E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EBC

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

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