#2D879E#2D879E

#2D879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.089 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D879E
RGB	rgb(45, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -18.52, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 27.20, 227.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.0701 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.089 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9151, 20.3526, 35.4308)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D879E #9E442D

analogous

#2D9E7C #2D879E #2D4F9E

triadic

#2D879E #9E2D87 #879E2D

tetradic

#2D879E #7C2D9E #9E442D #4F9E2D

square

#2D879E #7C2D9E #9E442D #4F9E2D

split-complementary

#2D879E #9E2D4F #9E7C2D

monochromatic

#12363F #1F5E6E #2D879E #40ADC9 #6FC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#2D879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#2D879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D879E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D879E	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)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.089 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aaba',
    500: '#2d879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d879e;
$custom-light: #76aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.212,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58079,
    "c": 0.08946,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D879E

secondary

#BD7B69

accent

#6749DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D879E

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

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