#2E9DB4#2E9DB4

#2E9DB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.101 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9DB4
RGB	rgb(46, 157, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -22.79, -20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 30.86, 222.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0831 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.101 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4184, 27.9875, 47.4445)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9DB4 #B4452E

analogous

#2EB488 #2E9DB4 #2E5AB4

triadic

#2E9DB4 #B42E9D #9DB42E

tetradic

#2E9DB4 #882EB4 #B4452E #5AB42E

square

#2E9DB4 #882EB4 #B4452E #5AB42E

split-complementary

#2E9DB4 #B42E5A #B4882E

monochromatic

#154853 #227283 #2E9DB4 #4EBBD2 #7ECEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2E9DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#2E9DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9DB4

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9DB4	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 157, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.101 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbaca',
    500: '#2e9db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9db4;
$custom-light: #7bbaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.299,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64508,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9DB4

secondary

#C78577

accent

#6045E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9DB4

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

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