#2E9EC9#2E9EC9

#2E9EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.115 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9EC9
RGB	rgb(46, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -16.34, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 34.93, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.076 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.115 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8919, 29.2487, 59.6334)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9EC9 #C9592E

analogous

#2EC9A6 #2E9EC9 #2E50C9

triadic

#2E9EC9 #C92E9E #9EC92E

tetradic

#2E9EC9 #A62EC9 #C9592E #50C92E

square

#2E9EC9 #A62EC9 #C9592E #50C92E

split-complementary

#2E9EC9 #C92E50 #C9A62E

monochromatic

#175065 #237797 #2E9EC9 #5BB6D9 #8DCCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#2E9EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#2E9EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9EC9

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9EC9	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.115 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebad9',
    500: '#2e9ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9ec9;
$custom-light: #7ebad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.645,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6568,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9EC9

secondary

#CF9984

accent

#6F42E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9EC9

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

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