#2898B9#2898B9

#2898B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.107 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2898B9
RGBrgb(40, 152, 185)
HSLhsl(194, 64%, 44%)
HSVhsv(194, 78%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(78.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(58.42, -19.20, -25.87)
CIE-LCHlch(58.42, 32.22, 233.41°)
OKLaboklab(63.37% -0.0786 -0.0725)
OKLCHoklch(63.37% 0.107 222.7)
XYZxyz(20.8566, 26.4078, 49.8875)
Luminance0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2898B9 #B94928
analogous
#28B992 #2898B9 #2850B9
triadic
#2898B9 #B92898 #98B928
tetradic
#2898B9 #9228B9 #B94928 #50B928
square
#2898B9 #9228B9 #B94928 #50B928
split-complementary
#2898B9 #B92850 #B99228
monochromatic
#124554 #1D6F87 #2898B9 #47B6D7 #79CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34
#2898B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28
#2898B9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2898B9
6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2898B9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2898B91.003.346.286.28
#FFFFFF3.341.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2821.001.001.00
##0000006.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8594BB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7286B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A2A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2898b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 152, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.107 222.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b6ce',
    500: '#2898b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2898b9;
$custom-light: #79b6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2898b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.655,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63366,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2898B9
secondary
#CA8773
accent
#6640E7
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F9
border
#CAD0D2
text
#0B1113
muted
#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2898B9

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#2898B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva