#2E97BC#2E97BC

#2E97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.107 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E97BC
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -16.97, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 32.45, 238.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0741 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.107 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2667, 26.3424, 51.5310)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E97BC #BC532E

analogous

#2EBC9A #2E97BC #2E50BC

triadic

#2E97BC #BC2E97 #97BC2E

tetradic

#2E97BC #9A2EBC #BC532E #50BC2E

square

#2E97BC #9A2EBC #BC532E #50BC2E

split-complementary

#2E97BC #BC2E50 #BC9A2E

monochromatic

#16485A #22708B #2E97BC #52B3D5 #84C9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2E97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#2E97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E97BC

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E97BC	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.107 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5d0',
    500: '#2e97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e97bc;
$custom-light: #7cb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.634,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63392,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E97BC

secondary

#CA907C

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E97BC

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

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