#2C879F#2C879F

#2C879F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.091 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C879F
RGB	rgb(44, 135, 159)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, -18.33, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 27.49, 228.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0702 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.091 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9581, 20.3648, 35.8839)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C879F #9F442C

analogous

#2C9F7E #2C879F #2C4D9F

triadic

#2C879F #9F2C87 #879F2C

tetradic

#2C879F #7E2C9F #9F442C #4D9F2C

square

#2C879F #7E2C9F #9F442C #4D9F2C

split-complementary

#2C879F #9F2C4D #9F7E2C

monochromatic

#11363F #1F5E6F #2C879F #3EADCA #6EC1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#2C879F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#2C879F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C879F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C879F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C879F	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)

#7883A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68789F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c879f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 135, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.091 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aabb',
    500: '#2c879f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c879f;
$custom-light: #75aabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c879f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.522,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58096,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C879F

secondary

#BE7B69

accent

#6848E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C879F

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

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