#2C899E#2C899E

#2C899E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.090 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C899E
RGB	rgb(44, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -19.74, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 27.40, 223.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0727 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.09 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1533, 20.8935, 35.5227)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C899E #9E412C

analogous

#2C9E7A #2C899E #2C509E

triadic

#2C899E #9E2C89 #899E2C

tetradic

#2C899E #7A2C9E #9E412C #509E2C

square

#2C899E #7A2C9E #9E412C #509E2C

split-complementary

#2C899E #9E2C50 #9E7A2C

monochromatic

#11363E #1F5F6E #2C899E #3EB0C9 #6EC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#2C899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#2C899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C899E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C899E	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.090 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76abba',
    500: '#2c899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c899e;
$custom-light: #76abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58554,
    "c": 0.08995,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C899E

secondary

#BE7868

accent

#6448E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C899E

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

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