#2E98C9#2E98C9

#2E98C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E98C9
RGB	rgb(46, 152, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -13.07, -33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 36.11, 248.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0703 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.118 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8933, 27.2516, 59.3005)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E98C9 #C95F2E

analogous

#2EC9AC #2E98C9 #2E4AC9

triadic

#2E98C9 #C92E98 #98C92E

tetradic

#2E98C9 #AC2EC9 #C95F2E #4AC92E

square

#2E98C9 #AC2EC9 #C95F2E #4AC92E

split-complementary

#2E98C9 #C92E4A #C9AC2E

monochromatic

#174D65 #237297 #2E98C9 #5BB1D9 #8DC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2E98C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2E98C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E98C9

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E98C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E98C9	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e98c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 152, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6d9',
    500: '#2e98c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e98c9;
$custom-light: #7eb6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e98c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.968,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64248,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E98C9

secondary

#CF9C84

accent

#7642E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E98C9

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

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