#2E9DC9#2E9DC9

#2E9DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9DC9
RGB	rgb(46, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -15.80, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 35.10, 243.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0751 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.116 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7220, 28.9090, 59.5768)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9DC9 #C95A2E

analogous

#2EC9A7 #2E9DC9 #2E50C9

triadic

#2E9DC9 #C92E9D #9DC92E

tetradic

#2E9DC9 #A72EC9 #C95A2E #50C92E

square

#2E9DC9 #A72EC9 #C95A2E #50C92E

split-complementary

#2E9DC9 #C92E50 #C9A72E

monochromatic

#174F65 #237697 #2E9DC9 #5BB5D9 #8DCCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#2E9DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#2E9DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9DC9

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9DC9	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebad9',
    500: '#2e9dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9dc9;
$custom-light: #7ebad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.032,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65441,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9DC9

secondary

#CF9984

accent

#7042E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9DC9

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

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