#2E879C#2E879C

#2E879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.088 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E879C
RGB	rgb(46, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, -19.03, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 26.78, 224.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% -0.0704 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.088 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7889, 20.3073, 34.5336)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E879C #9C432E

analogous

#2E9C7A #2E879C #2E509C

triadic

#2E879C #9C2E87 #879C2E

tetradic

#2E879C #7A2E9C #9C432E #509C2E

square

#2E879C #7A2E9C #9C432E #509C2E

split-complementary

#2E879C #9C2E50 #9C7A2E

monochromatic

#12353D #205E6D #2E879C #40ADC7 #70C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2E879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2E879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E879C

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E879C	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)

#6A789C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.088 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aab9',
    500: '#2e879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e879c;
$custom-light: #76aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.455,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5802,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E879C

secondary

#BC796A

accent

#664ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E879C

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

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