#2E9DC4#2E9DC4

#2E9DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.112 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9DC4
RGB	rgb(46, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -17.50, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 33.75, 238.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.0769 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.112 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1434, 28.6775, 56.5294)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9DC4 #C4552E

analogous

#2EC4A0 #2E9DC4 #2E52C4

triadic

#2E9DC4 #C42E9D #9DC42E

tetradic

#2E9DC4 #A02EC4 #C4552E #52C42E

square

#2E9DC4 #A02EC4 #C4552E #52C42E

split-complementary

#2E9DC4 #C42E52 #C4A02E

monochromatic

#174E61 #227592 #2E9DC4 #58B6D8 #89CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#2E9DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#2E9DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9DC4

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9DC4	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.112 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbad6',
    500: '#2e9dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9dc4;
$custom-light: #7dbad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65209,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9DC4

secondary

#CD9581

accent

#6D43E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9DC4

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

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