#2E97B8#2E97B8

#2E97B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E97B8
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 17.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -18.32, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 31.51, 234.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0756 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.104 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8415, 26.1723, 49.2914)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E97B8 #B84F2E

analogous

#2EB894 #2E97B8 #2E52B8

triadic

#2E97B8 #B82E97 #97B82E

tetradic

#2E97B8 #942EB8 #B84F2E #52B82E

square

#2E97B8 #942EB8 #B84F2E #52B82E

split-complementary

#2E97B8 #B82E52 #B8942E

monochromatic

#164756 #226F87 #2E97B8 #50B4D3 #81C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2E97B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#2E97B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E97B8

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E97B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E97B8	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7286B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e97b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5cd',
    500: '#2e97b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e97b8;
$custom-light: #7bb5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e97b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.348,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6321,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E97B8

secondary

#C88C79

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E97B8

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

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