#2D899D#2D899D

#2D899D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.089 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D899D
RGB	rgb(45, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -19.92, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 27.15, 222.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.0726 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.089 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1111, 20.8817, 35.0732)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D899D #9D412D

analogous

#2D9D79 #2D899D #2D519D

triadic

#2D899D #9D2D89 #899D2D

tetradic

#2D899D #792D9D #9D412D #519D2D

square

#2D899D #792D9D #9D412D #519D2D

split-complementary

#2D899D #9D2D51 #9D792D

monochromatic

#12363E #1F5F6D #2D899D #3FB0C8 #6FC3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2D899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#2D899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D899D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D899D	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	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)

#7B859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.089 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76abba',
    500: '#2d899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d899d;
$custom-light: #76abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58538,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D899D

secondary

#BD7869

accent

#6449DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D899D

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

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