#2E97BE#2E97BE

#2E97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.109 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E97BE
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -16.30, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 32.96, 240.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0733 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.109 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4838, 26.4292, 52.6743)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2E97BE #BE552E

analogous

#2EBE9D #2E97BE #2E4FBE

triadic

#2E97BE #BE2E97 #97BE2E

tetradic

#2E97BE #9D2EBE #BE552E #4FBE2E

square

#2E97BE #9D2EBE #BE552E #4FBE2E

split-complementary

#2E97BE #BE2E4F #BE9D2E

monochromatic

#16495B #22708D #2E97BE #54B2D6 #85C8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#2E97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#2E97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E97BE

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E97BE	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.109 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5d1',
    500: '#2e97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e97be;
$custom-light: #7cb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63484,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E97BE

secondary

#CB927D

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E97BE

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

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