#2E8FB3#2E8FB3

#2E8FB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.103 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FB3
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -15.68, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 31.11, 239.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0696 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.103 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0825, 23.4782, 46.1651)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FB3 #B3522E

analogous

#2EB395 #2E8FB3 #2E4CB3

triadic

#2E8FB3 #B32E8F #8FB32E

tetradic

#2E8FB3 #952EB3 #B3522E #4CB32E

square

#2E8FB3 #952EB3 #B3522E #4CB32E

split-complementary

#2E8FB3 #B32E4C #B3952E

monochromatic

#154152 #216882 #2E8FB3 #4DADD1 #7EC4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#2E8FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#2E8FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FB3

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FB3	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.103 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafca',
    500: '#2e8fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fb3;
$custom-light: #7aafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6103,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FB3

secondary

#C68C76

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FB3

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

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