#2E8FA3#2E8FA3

#2E8FA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.092 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FA3
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 163)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -21.00, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 28.10, 221.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0759 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.092 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5572, 22.8681, 38.1319)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FA3 #A3422E

analogous

#2EA37C #2E8FA3 #2E54A3

triadic

#2E8FA3 #A32E8F #8FA32E

tetradic

#2E8FA3 #7C2EA3 #A3422E #54A32E

square

#2E8FA3 #7C2EA3 #A3422E #54A32E

split-complementary

#2E8FA3 #A32E54 #A37C2E

monochromatic

#133B44 #216573 #2E8FA3 #44B3CA #74C7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2E8FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2E8FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FA3

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FA3	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.092 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0be',
    500: '#2e8fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fa3;
$custom-light: #77b0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.256,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60322,
    "c": 0.092,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FA3

secondary

#BF7B6D

accent

#6249DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FA3

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

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