#2899BD#2899BD

#2899BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.110 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2899BD
RGBrgb(40, 153, 189)
HSLhsl(194, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(194, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(78.8%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(58.89, -18.38, -27.41)
CIE-LCHlch(58.89, 33.01, 236.16°)
OKLaboklab(63.79% -0.0781 -0.0769)
OKLCHoklch(63.79% 0.11 224.6)
XYZxyz(21.4478, 26.9051, 52.1970)
Luminance0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2899BD #BD4C28
analogous
#28BD97 #2899BD #284EBD
triadic
#2899BD #BD2899 #99BD28
tetradic
#2899BD #9728BD #BD4C28 #4EBD28
square
#2899BD #9728BD #BD4C28 #4EBD28
split-complementary
#2899BD #BD284E #BD9728
monochromatic
#134758 #1D708A #2899BD #4AB6D9 #7CCAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29
#2899BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38
#2899BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2899BD
6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2899BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2899BD1.003.296.386.38
#FFFFFF3.291.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3821.001.001.00
##0000006.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8596BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7188BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A4A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2899bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.110 224.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7d1',
    500: '#2899bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2899bd;
$custom-light: #7ab7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2899bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.497,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63792,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2899BD
secondary
#CB8A75
accent
#6840E8
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F9
border
#CAD0D2
text
#0B1114
muted
#7C8082

Preview Lab

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