#2E8ECD#2E8ECD

#2E8ECD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.129 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8ECD
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -6.02, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 40.72, 261.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0598 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.129 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8149, 24.3320, 61.2926)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8ECD #CD6D2E

analogous

#2ECDBD #2E8ECD #2E3ECD

triadic

#2E8ECD #CD2E8E #8ECD2E

tetradic

#2E8ECD #BD2ECD #CD6D2E #3ECD2E

square

#2E8ECD #BD2ECD #CD6D2E #3ECD2E

split-complementary

#2E8ECD #CD2E3E #CDBD2E

monochromatic

#184969 #236B9B #2E8ECD #5DA9DB #8FC4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#2E8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#2E8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8ECD

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8ECD	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.129 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaedc',
    500: '#2e8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ecd;
$custom-light: #7eaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.774,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62093,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8ECD

secondary

#D0A486

accent

#8341E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8ECD

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

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