#2E97B7#2E97B7

#2E97B7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E97B7
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 183)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -18.65, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 31.30, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.076 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.104 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7370, 26.1305, 48.7413)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E97B7 #B74E2E

analogous

#2EB793 #2E97B7 #2E52B7

triadic

#2E97B7 #B72E97 #97B72E

tetradic

#2E97B7 #932EB7 #B74E2E #52B72E

square

#2E97B7 #932EB7 #B74E2E #52B72E

split-complementary

#2E97B7 #B72E52 #B7932E

monochromatic

#154655 #226F86 #2E97B7 #4FB4D3 #80C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2E97B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#2E97B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E97B7

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E97B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E97B7	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7286B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e97b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5cc',
    500: '#2e97b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e97b7;
$custom-light: #7bb5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e97b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E97B7

secondary

#C88B79

accent

#6A45E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E97B7

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

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