#2B879A#2B879A

#2B879A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.088 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B879A
RGB	rgb(43, 135, 154)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, -20.13, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 26.94, 221.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0727 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.088 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4905, 20.1728, 33.6429)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B879A #9A3E2B

analogous

#2B9A75 #2B879A #2B4F9A

triadic

#2B879A #9A2B87 #879A2B

tetradic

#2B879A #752B9A #9A3E2B #4F9A2B

square

#2B879A #752B9A #9A3E2B #4F9A2B

split-complementary

#2B879A #9A2B4F #9A752B

monochromatic

#10333A #1E5D6A #2B879A #3AB0C8 #6AC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#2B879A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#2B879A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B879A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B879A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B879A	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A779A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b879a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 135, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.088 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aab7',
    500: '#2b879a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b879a;
$custom-light: #74aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b879a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.27,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57853,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B879A

secondary

#BC7465

accent

#6248E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B879A

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

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