#2B879B#2B879B

#2B879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B879B
RGB	rgb(43, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -19.80, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 27.05, 222.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0723 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.089 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5741, 20.2063, 34.0834)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B879B #9B3F2B

analogous

#2B9B77 #2B879B #2B4F9B

triadic

#2B879B #9B2B87 #879B2B

tetradic

#2B879B #772B9B #9B3F2B #4F9B2B

square

#2B879B #772B9B #9B3F2B #4F9B2B

split-complementary

#2B879B #9B2B4F #9B772B

monochromatic

#10343B #1E5D6B #2B879B #3BAFC9 #6BC3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#2B879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#2B879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B879B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B879B	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)

#79839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aab8',
    500: '#2b879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b879b;
$custom-light: #75aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57895,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B879B

secondary

#BC7565

accent

#6348E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B879B

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

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