#2C879C#2C879C

#2C879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.089 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C879C
RGB	rgb(44, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -19.33, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 27.04, 224.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0714 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.089 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7009, 20.2619, 34.5295)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C879C #9C412C

analogous

#2C9C79 #2C879C #2C4F9C

triadic

#2C879C #9C2C87 #879C2C

tetradic

#2C879C #792C9C #9C412C #4F9C2C

square

#2C879C #792C9C #9C412C #4F9C2C

split-complementary

#2C879C #9C2C4F #9C792C

monochromatic

#11343D #1F5E6C #2C879C #3DAEC8 #6DC2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#2C879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#2C879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C879C

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C879C	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: #2c879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.089 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aab9',
    500: '#2c879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c879c;
$custom-light: #75aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57965,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C879C

secondary

#BD7767

accent

#6549DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C879C

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

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