#2799B9#2799B9

#2799B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.107 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2799B9
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 17.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -19.84, -25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 32.25, 232.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.08 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.107 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9812, 26.7140, 49.9400)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2799B9 #B94727

analogous

#27B990 #2799B9 #2750B9

triadic

#2799B9 #B92799 #99B927

tetradic

#2799B9 #9027B9 #B94727 #50B927

square

#2799B9 #9027B9 #B94727 #50B927

split-complementary

#2799B9 #B92750 #B99027

monochromatic

#124554 #1C6F86 #2799B9 #45B8D8 #78CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#2799B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#2799B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2799B9

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2799B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2799B9	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8695BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2799b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.107 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b7ce',
    500: '#2799b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2799b9;
$custom-light: #79b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2799b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.151,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63591,
    "c": 0.1071,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2799B9

secondary

#CA8572

accent

#6540E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2799B9

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

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