#2E8FB2#2E8FB2

#2E8FB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.102 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FB2
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -16.02, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 30.85, 238.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% -0.0699 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.102 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9818, 23.4379, 45.6344)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FB2 #B2512E

analogous

#2EB293 #2E8FB2 #2E4DB2

triadic

#2E8FB2 #B22E8F #8FB22E

tetradic

#2E8FB2 #932EB2 #B2512E #4DB22E

square

#2E8FB2 #932EB2 #B2512E #4DB22E

split-complementary

#2E8FB2 #B22E4D #B2932E

monochromatic

#154151 #216881 #2E8FB2 #4CAED1 #7DC4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#2E8FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#2E8FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FB2

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FB2	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.102 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafc9',
    500: '#2e8fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fb2;
$custom-light: #7aafc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60984,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FB2

secondary

#C68B76

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FB2

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

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