#2E8FAC#2E8FAC

#2E8FAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.097 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FAC
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -18.04, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 29.47, 232.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0723 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.097 222)
XYZ	xyz(18.3925, 23.2022, 42.5308)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FAC #AC4B2E

analogous

#2EAC8A #2E8FAC #2E50AC

triadic

#2E8FAC #AC2E8F #8FAC2E

tetradic

#2E8FAC #8A2EAC #AC4B2E #50AC2E

square

#2E8FAC #8A2EAC #AC4B2E #50AC2E

split-complementary

#2E8FAC #AC2E50 #AC8A2E

monochromatic

#143F4B #21677C #2E8FAC #49B0CE #79C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2E8FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#2E8FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FAC

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FAC	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.097 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b0c4',
    500: '#2e8fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fac;
$custom-light: #79b0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.81,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60712,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.23204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FAC

secondary

#C38572

accent

#6A47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FAC

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

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