#2B879C#2B879C

#2B879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B879C
RGB	rgb(43, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, -19.47, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 27.17, 224.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0719 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.089 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6585, 20.2400, 34.5275)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B879C #9C402B

analogous

#2B9C79 #2B879C #2B4F9C

triadic

#2B879C #9C2B87 #879C2B

tetradic

#2B879C #792B9C #9C402B #4F9C2B

square

#2B879C #792B9C #9C402B #4F9C2B

split-complementary

#2B879C #9C2B4F #9C792B

monochromatic

#11343C #1E5D6C #2B879C #3BAFC9 #6BC2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#2B879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#2B879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B879C

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B879C	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aab9',
    500: '#2b879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b879c;
$custom-light: #75aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.15,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57938,
    "c": 0.08924,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B879C

secondary

#BD7666

accent

#6448E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B879C

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

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