#2E99BC#2E99BC

#2E99BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.107 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E99BC
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -18.05, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 32.24, 235.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.076 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.107 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5913, 26.9916, 51.6392)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E99BC #BC512E

analogous

#2EBC98 #2E99BC #2E52BC

triadic

#2E99BC #BC2E99 #99BC2E

tetradic

#2E99BC #982EBC #BC512E #52BC2E

square

#2E99BC #982EBC #BC512E #52BC2E

split-complementary

#2E99BC #BC2E52 #BC982E

monochromatic

#16495A #22718B #2E99BC #52B5D5 #84CAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2E99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#2E99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E99BC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E99BC	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.107 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7d0',
    500: '#2e99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e99bc;
$custom-light: #7cb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.789,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63877,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E99BC

secondary

#CA8F7C

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E99BC

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

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