#2E8FB4#2E8FB4

#2E8FB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.103 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FB4
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -15.34, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 31.38, 240.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.0692 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.103 228)
XYZ	xyz(19.1840, 23.5188, 46.6997)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FB4 #B4532E

analogous

#2EB496 #2E8FB4 #2E4CB4

triadic

#2E8FB4 #B42E8F #8FB42E

tetradic

#2E8FB4 #962EB4 #B4532E #4CB42E

square

#2E8FB4 #962EB4 #B4532E #4CB42E

split-complementary

#2E8FB4 #B42E4C #B4962E

monochromatic

#154253 #226883 #2E8FB4 #4EADD2 #7EC4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#2E8FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#2E8FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FB4

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FB4	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#7B8DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.103 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafca',
    500: '#2e8fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fb4;
$custom-light: #7aafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61077,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.23521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FB4

secondary

#C78D77

accent

#7145E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FB4

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

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