#2E99C4#2E99C4

#2E99C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.113 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E99C4
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 196)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -15.34, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 34.33, 243.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0731 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.113 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4777, 27.3461, 56.3075)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E99C4 #C4592E

analogous

#2EC4A4 #2E99C4 #2E4EC4

triadic

#2E99C4 #C42E99 #99C42E

tetradic

#2E99C4 #A42EC4 #C4592E #4EC42E

square

#2E99C4 #A42EC4 #C4592E #4EC42E

split-complementary

#2E99C4 #C42E4E #C4A42E

monochromatic

#174C61 #227292 #2E99C4 #58B3D8 #89C9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2E99C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#2E99C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E99C4

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E99C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E99C4	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8397C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F88C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e99c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.113 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db7d6',
    500: '#2e99c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e99c4;
$custom-light: #7db7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e99c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64247,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E99C4

secondary

#CD9781

accent

#7143E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E99C4

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

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