#2E8FA5#2E8FA5

#2E8FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.093 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FA5
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -20.35, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 28.33, 224.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0751 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.093 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7379, 22.9403, 39.0831)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FA5 #A5442E

analogous

#2EA580 #2E8FA5 #2E54A5

triadic

#2E8FA5 #A52E8F #8FA52E

tetradic

#2E8FA5 #802EA5 #A5442E #54A52E

square

#2E8FA5 #802EA5 #A5442E #54A52E

split-complementary

#2E8FA5 #A52E54 #A5802E

monochromatic

#133C45 #216675 #2E8FA5 #45B2CB #75C6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2E8FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#2E8FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FA5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FA5	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.093 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0bf',
    500: '#2e8fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fa5;
$custom-light: #78b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60406,
    "c": 0.09302,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FA5

secondary

#C07E6F

accent

#6448E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FA5

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

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