#2E8EC9#2E8EC9

#2E8EC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.124 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EC9
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -7.45, -38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 39.04, 259.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.061 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.124 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3382, 24.1413, 58.7822)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EC9 #C9692E

analogous

#2EC9B6 #2E8EC9 #2E40C9

triadic

#2E8EC9 #C92E8E #8EC92E

tetradic

#2E8EC9 #B62EC9 #C9692E #40C92E

square

#2E8EC9 #B62EC9 #C9692E #40C92E

split-complementary

#2E8EC9 #C92E40 #C9B62E

monochromatic

#174865 #236B97 #2E8EC9 #5BA9D9 #8DC3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#2E8EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#2E8EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EC9

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EC9	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.124 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daed9',
    500: '#2e8ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ec9;
$custom-light: #7daed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.839,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61881,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EC9

secondary

#CFA084

accent

#8042E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EC9

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

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