#2D879B#2D879B

#2D879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.088 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D879B
RGB	rgb(45, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, -19.51, -18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 26.79, 223.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0713 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.088 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6601, 20.2506, 34.0874)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D879B #9B412D

analogous

#2D9B78 #2D879B #2D509B

triadic

#2D879B #9B2D87 #879B2D

tetradic

#2D879B #782D9B #9B412D #509B2D

square

#2D879B #782D9B #9B412D #509B2D

split-complementary

#2D879B #9B2D50 #9B782D

monochromatic

#11343C #1F5E6C #2D879B #3EAEC7 #6EC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#2D879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#2D879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D879B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D879B	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)

#79839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A779B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.088 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aab8',
    500: '#2d879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d879b;
$custom-light: #75aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57949,
    "c": 0.08778,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D879B

secondary

#BC7768

accent

#6549DE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D879B

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

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