#2872A3#2872A3

#2872A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.105 H 242.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2872A3
RGB	rgb(40, 114, 163)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 30.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, -5.54, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 33.27, 260.42°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% -0.0494 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.105 242)
XYZ	xyz(13.5007, 15.1285, 36.8518)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2872A3 #A35928

analogous

#28A396 #2872A3 #2835A3

triadic

#2872A3 #A32872 #72A328

tetradic

#2872A3 #9628A3 #A35928 #35A328

square

#2872A3 #9628A3 #A35928 #35A328

split-complementary

#2872A3 #A32835 #A39628

monochromatic

#102D41 #1C5072 #2872A3 #3A93CF #6BAEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#2872A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#2872A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2872A3

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2872A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2872A3	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B73A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A67A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2872a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 114, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.105 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739abe',
    500: '#2872a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2872a3;
$custom-light: #739abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2872a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.902,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52989,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.1513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2872A3

secondary

#C18A66

accent

#8444E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2872A3

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

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