#2D879D#2D879D

#2D879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.089 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D879D
RGB	rgb(45, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, -18.85, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 27.05, 225.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.0705 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.089 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8294, 20.3183, 34.9793)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D879D #9D432D

analogous

#2D9D7B #2D879D #2D4F9D

triadic

#2D879D #9D2D87 #879D2D

tetradic

#2D879D #7B2D9D #9D432D #4F9D2D

square

#2D879D #7B2D9D #9D432D #4F9D2D

split-complementary

#2D879D #9D2D4F #9D7B2D

monochromatic

#12353E #1F5E6D #2D879D #3FADC8 #6FC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2D879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2D879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D879D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D879D	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)

#79839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.089 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aaba',
    500: '#2d879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d879d;
$custom-light: #76aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.786,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58036,
    "c": 0.08888,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D879D

secondary

#BD7969

accent

#6649DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D879D

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

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