#2E97B4#2E97B4

#2E97B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.102 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E97B4
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -19.65, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 30.72, 230.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0771 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.102 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4281, 26.0069, 47.1144)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E97B4 #B44B2E

analogous

#2EB48E #2E97B4 #2E54B4

triadic

#2E97B4 #B42E97 #97B42E

tetradic

#2E97B4 #8E2EB4 #B44B2E #54B42E

square

#2E97B4 #8E2EB4 #B44B2E #54B42E

split-complementary

#2E97B4 #B42E54 #B48E2E

monochromatic

#154553 #226E83 #2E97B4 #4EB5D2 #7EC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2E97B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#2E97B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E97B4

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E97B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E97B4	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7386B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e97b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.102 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5ca',
    500: '#2e97b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e97b4;
$custom-light: #7ab5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e97b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.985,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63033,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E97B4

secondary

#C78877

accent

#6745E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E97B4

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

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