#2E8FB6#2E8FB6

#2E8FB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.105 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FB6
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 182)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -14.65, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 31.95, 242.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0684 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.105 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3892, 23.6009, 47.7804)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FB6 #B6552E

analogous

#2EB699 #2E8FB6 #2E4BB6

triadic

#2E8FB6 #B62E8F #8FB62E

tetradic

#2E8FB6 #992EB6 #B6552E #4BB62E

square

#2E8FB6 #992EB6 #B6552E #4BB62E

split-complementary

#2E8FB6 #B62E4B #B6992E

monochromatic

#154254 #226985 #2E8FB6 #4FADD2 #80C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#2E8FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#2E8FB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FB6

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FB6	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.105 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafcc',
    500: '#2e8fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fb6;
$custom-light: #7aafcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61171,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FB6

secondary

#C88F78

accent

#7245E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FB6

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

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