#2799B0#2799B0

#2799B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.102 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2799B0
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 176)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -22.84, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 30.93, 222.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0836 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.102 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0610, 26.3459, 45.0938)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2799B0 #B03E27

analogous

#27B083 #2799B0 #2755B0

triadic

#2799B0 #B02799 #99B027

tetradic

#2799B0 #8327B0 #B03E27 #55B027

square

#2799B0 #8327B0 #B03E27 #55B027

split-complementary

#2799B0 #B02755 #B08327

monochromatic

#11424C #1C6D7E #2799B0 #40BCD5 #72CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2799B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#2799B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2799B0

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2799B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2799B0	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8994B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2799b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.102 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b7c7',
    500: '#2799b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2799b0;
$custom-light: #78b7c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2799b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.073,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.632,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2799B0

secondary

#C77B6C

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2799B0

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

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