#2E8FB5#2E8FB5

#2E8FB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.104 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FB5
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 21%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -15.00, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 31.66, 241.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0688 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.104 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2863, 23.5597, 47.2381)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FB5 #B5542E

analogous

#2EB598 #2E8FB5 #2E4CB5

triadic

#2E8FB5 #B52E8F #8FB52E

tetradic

#2E8FB5 #982EB5 #B5542E #4CB52E

square

#2E8FB5 #982EB5 #B5542E #4CB52E

split-complementary

#2E8FB5 #B52E4C #B5982E

monochromatic

#154253 #226884 #2E8FB5 #4EADD2 #7FC4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#2E8FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#2E8FB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FB5

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FB5	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.104 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafcb',
    500: '#2e8fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fb5;
$custom-light: #7aafcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61124,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FB5

secondary

#C78E78

accent

#7145E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FB5

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

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