#2899BC#2899BC

#2899BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.109 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2899BC
RGBrgb(40, 153, 188)
HSLhsl(194, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(194, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(78.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(58.85, -18.72, -26.91)
CIE-LCHlch(58.85, 32.78, 235.18°)
OKLaboklab(63.75% -0.0785 -0.0755)
OKLCHoklch(63.75% 0.109 223.9)
XYZxyz(21.3396, 26.8618, 51.6274)
Luminance0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2899BC #BC4B28
analogous
#28BC95 #2899BC #284FBC
triadic
#2899BC #BC2899 #99BC28
tetradic
#2899BC #9528BC #BC4B28 #4FBC28
square
#2899BC #9528BC #BC4B28 #4FBC28
split-complementary
#2899BC #BC284F #BC9528
monochromatic
#134757 #1D708A #2899BC #49B6D8 #7BCBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30
#2899BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37
#2899BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2899BC
6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2899BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2899BC1.003.306.376.37
#FFFFFF3.301.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3721.001.001.00
##0000006.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8596BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7287BC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A4A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2899bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.109 223.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7d0',
    500: '#2899bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2899bc;
$custom-light: #7ab7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2899bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.189,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63746,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2899BC
secondary
#CB8975
accent
#6840E8
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F9
border
#CAD0D2
text
#0B1114
muted
#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2899BC

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#2899BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva