#2799B5#2799B5

#2799B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2799B5
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 181)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -21.18, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 31.57, 227.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0816 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.105 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5649, 26.5475, 47.7474)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2799B5 #B54327

analogous

#27B58A #2799B5 #2752B5

triadic

#2799B5 #B52799 #99B527

tetradic

#2799B5 #8A27B5 #B54327 #52B527

square

#2799B5 #8A27B5 #B54327 #52B527

split-complementary

#2799B5 #B52752 #B58A27

monochromatic

#114450 #1C6E83 #2799B5 #43B9D6 #75CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#2799B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#2799B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2799B5

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2799B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2799B5	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8795B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7587B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2799b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b7cb',
    500: '#2799b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2799b5;
$custom-light: #79b7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2799b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.831,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63415,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2799B5

secondary

#C9816F

accent

#6140E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2799B5

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

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