#2E97C9#2E97C9

#2E97C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.119 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E97C9
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -12.52, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 36.35, 249.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0694 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.119 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7317, 26.9284, 59.2467)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E97C9 #C9602E

analogous

#2EC9AD #2E97C9 #2E49C9

triadic

#2E97C9 #C92E97 #97C92E

tetradic

#2E97C9 #AD2EC9 #C9602E #49C92E

square

#2E97C9 #AD2EC9 #C9602E #49C92E

split-complementary

#2E97C9 #C92E49 #C9AD2E

monochromatic

#174C65 #237297 #2E97C9 #5BB1D9 #8DC8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2E97C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2E97C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E97C9

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E97C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E97C9	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e97c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.119 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d9',
    500: '#2e97c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e97c9;
$custom-light: #7eb5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e97c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6401,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E97C9

secondary

#CF9C84

accent

#7742E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E97C9

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

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