#2C879E#2C879E

#2C879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.090 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C879E
RGB	rgb(44, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -18.66, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 27.33, 226.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0706 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.09 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8717, 20.3302, 35.4288)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C879E #9E432C

analogous

#2C9E7C #2C879E #2C4E9E

triadic

#2C879E #9E2C87 #879E2C

tetradic

#2C879E #7C2C9E #9E432C #4E9E2C

square

#2C879E #7C2C9E #9E432C #4E9E2C

split-complementary

#2C879E #9E2C4E #9E7C2C

monochromatic

#11353E #1F5E6E #2C879E #3EADC9 #6EC1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#2C879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#2C879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C879E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C879E	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68789E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.090 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aaba',
    500: '#2c879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c879e;
$custom-light: #75aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.105,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58052,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C879E

secondary

#BE7968

accent

#6748E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C879E

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

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