#2D879C#2D879C

#2D879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.088 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D879C
RGB	rgb(45, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -19.18, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 26.91, 224.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% -0.0709 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.088 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7444, 20.2843, 34.5315)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D879C #9C422D

analogous

#2D9C7A #2D879C #2D509C

triadic

#2D879C #9C2D87 #879C2D

tetradic

#2D879C #7A2D9C #9C422D #509C2D

square

#2D879C #7A2D9C #9C422D #509C2D

split-complementary

#2D879C #9C2D50 #9C7A2D

monochromatic

#12353D #1F5E6D #2D879C #3FAEC8 #6EC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2D879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2D879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D879C

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D879C	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)

#79839D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.088 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aab9',
    500: '#2d879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d879c;
$custom-light: #75aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57992,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D879C

secondary

#BC7868

accent

#6549DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D879C

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

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