#2E879B#2E879B

#2E879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.087 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E879B
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -19.36, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 26.65, 223.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0708 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.087 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7046, 20.2736, 34.0895)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E879B #9B422E

analogous

#2E9B79 #2E879B #2E519B

triadic

#2E879B #9B2E87 #879B2E

tetradic

#2E879B #792E9B #9B422E #519B2E

square

#2E879B #792E9B #9B422E #519B2E

split-complementary

#2E879B #9B2E51 #9B792E

monochromatic

#12353D #205E6C #2E879B #40AEC6 #6FC2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2E879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2E879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E879B

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E879B	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)

#79839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A779B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.087 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aab8',
    500: '#2e879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e879b;
$custom-light: #76aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.009,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57978,
    "c": 0.08729,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E879B

secondary

#BC7869

accent

#654ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E879B

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

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