#2E8FA6#2E8FA6

#2E8FA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.094 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FA6
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 166)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -20.02, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 28.46, 225.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% -0.0747 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.094 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8292, 22.9769, 39.5643)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FA6 #A6452E

analogous

#2EA681 #2E8FA6 #2E53A6

triadic

#2E8FA6 #A62E8F #8FA62E

tetradic

#2E8FA6 #812EA6 #A6452E #53A62E

square

#2E8FA6 #812EA6 #A6452E #53A62E

split-complementary

#2E8FA6 #A62E53 #A6812E

monochromatic

#133C46 #216676 #2E8FA6 #46B2CC #76C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2E8FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2E8FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FA6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FA6	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.094 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0c0',
    500: '#2e8fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fa6;
$custom-light: #78b0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60449,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FA6

secondary

#C17F6F

accent

#6548E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FA6

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

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