#2E8FA9#2E8FA9

#2E8FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.095 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FA9
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, -19.03, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 28.91, 228.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0734 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.095 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1076, 23.0882, 41.0306)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FA9 #A9482E

analogous

#2EA986 #2E8FA9 #2E52A9

triadic

#2E8FA9 #A92E8F #8FA92E

tetradic

#2E8FA9 #862EA9 #A9482E #52A92E

square

#2E8FA9 #862EA9 #A9482E #52A92E

split-complementary

#2E8FA9 #A92E52 #A9862E

monochromatic

#143E49 #216679 #2E8FA9 #47B1CD #77C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2E8FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#2E8FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FA9

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FA9	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.095 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0c2',
    500: '#2e8fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fa9;
$custom-light: #78b0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.683,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60579,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FA9

secondary

#C28271

accent

#6847E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FA9

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

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