#2E8FA4#2E8FA4

#2E8FA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.092 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FA4
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -20.68, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 28.21, 222.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.0755 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.093 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6472, 22.9041, 38.6056)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FA4 #A4432E

analogous

#2EA47E #2E8FA4 #2E54A4

triadic

#2E8FA4 #A42E8F #8FA42E

tetradic

#2E8FA4 #7E2EA4 #A4432E #54A42E

square

#2E8FA4 #7E2EA4 #A4432E #54A42E

split-complementary

#2E8FA4 #A42E54 #A47E2E

monochromatic

#133C44 #216574 #2E8FA4 #45B3CB #74C6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2E8FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2E8FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FA4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FA4	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.092 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0bf',
    500: '#2e8fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fa4;
$custom-light: #78b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60364,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FA4

secondary

#C07D6E

accent

#6348DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FA4

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

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