#2E97BD#2E97BD

#2E97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.108 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E97BD
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -16.64, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 32.70, 239.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0737 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.108 227)
XYZ	xyz(21.3749, 26.3856, 52.1006)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2E97BD #BD542E

analogous

#2EBD9B #2E97BD #2E4FBD

triadic

#2E97BD #BD2E97 #97BD2E

tetradic

#2E97BD #9B2EBD #BD542E #4FBD2E

square

#2E97BD #9B2EBD #BD542E #4FBD2E

split-complementary

#2E97BD #BD2E4F #BD9B2E

monochromatic

#16485B #22708C #2E97BD #53B3D5 #84C8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2E97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#2E97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E97BD

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E97BD	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.108 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5d1',
    500: '#2e97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e97bd;
$custom-light: #7cb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63438,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.26388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E97BD

secondary

#CA917C

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E97BD

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

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