#2C879D#2C879D

#2C879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.089 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C879D
RGB	rgb(44, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -19.00, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 27.18, 225.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.071 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.089 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7859, 20.2959, 34.9773)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C879D #9D422C

analogous

#2C9D7A #2C879D #2C4F9D

triadic

#2C879D #9D2C87 #879D2C

tetradic

#2C879D #7A2C9D #9D422C #4F9D2C

square

#2C879D #7A2C9D #9D422C #4F9D2C

split-complementary

#2C879D #9D2C4F #9D7A2C

monochromatic

#11353D #1F5E6D #2C879D #3DAEC9 #6DC2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2C879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2C879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C879D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C879D	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: #2c879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.089 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aaba',
    500: '#2c879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c879d;
$custom-light: #75aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.681,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58008,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C879D

secondary

#BD7868

accent

#6648E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C879D

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

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