#2E8FA8#2E8FA8

#2E8FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.095 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FA8
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -19.36, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 28.75, 227.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0738 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.095 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0141, 23.0508, 40.5380)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FA8 #A8472E

analogous

#2EA884 #2E8FA8 #2E52A8

triadic

#2E8FA8 #A82E8F #8FA82E

tetradic

#2E8FA8 #842EA8 #A8472E #52A82E

square

#2E8FA8 #842EA8 #A8472E #52A82E

split-complementary

#2E8FA8 #A82E52 #A8842E

monochromatic

#143D48 #216678 #2E8FA8 #47B1CD #77C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2E8FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#2E8FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FA8

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FA8	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.095 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0c2',
    500: '#2e8fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fa8;
$custom-light: #78b0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.295,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60536,
    "c": 0.09472,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FA8

secondary

#C28170

accent

#6748E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FA8

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

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