#2E99B8#2E99B8

#2E99B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.104 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E99B8
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 184)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -19.39, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 31.40, 231.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0776 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.104 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1661, 26.8215, 49.3996)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E99B8 #B84D2E

analogous

#2EB892 #2E99B8 #2E54B8

triadic

#2E99B8 #B82E99 #99B82E

tetradic

#2E99B8 #922EB8 #B84D2E #54B82E

square

#2E99B8 #922EB8 #B84D2E #54B82E

split-complementary

#2E99B8 #B82E54 #B8922E

monochromatic

#164856 #227087 #2E99B8 #50B6D3 #81CADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#2E99B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#2E99B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E99B8

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E99B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E99B8	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8795BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e99b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.104 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7cd',
    500: '#2e99b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e99b8;
$custom-light: #7bb7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e99b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.478,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63699,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E99B8

secondary

#C88B79

accent

#6845E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E99B8

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

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