#2B879D#2B879D

#2B879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B879D
RGB	rgb(43, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -19.14, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 27.31, 225.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0715 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.09 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7435, 20.2740, 34.9753)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B879D #9D412B

analogous

#2B9D7A #2B879D #2B4E9D

triadic

#2B879D #9D2B87 #879D2B

tetradic

#2B879D #7A2B9D #9D412B #4E9D2B

square

#2B879D #7A2B9D #9D412B #4E9D2B

split-complementary

#2B879D #9D2B4E #9D7A2B

monochromatic

#11343D #1E5E6D #2B879D #3CAECA #6CC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2B879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2B879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B879D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B879D	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aaba',
    500: '#2b879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b879d;
$custom-light: #75aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.579,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57982,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B879D

secondary

#BD7766

accent

#6548E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B879D

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

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