#2872A4#2872A4

#2872A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.106 H 242.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2872A4
RGB	rgb(40, 114, 164)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 30.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, -5.17, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 33.72, 261.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% -0.0491 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.106 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5906, 15.1645, 37.3255)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2872A4 #A45A28

analogous

#28A498 #2872A4 #2834A4

triadic

#2872A4 #A42872 #72A428

tetradic

#2872A4 #9828A4 #A45A28 #34A428

square

#2872A4 #9828A4 #A45A28 #34A428

split-complementary

#2872A4 #A42834 #A49828

monochromatic

#102E42 #1C5073 #2872A4 #3A93CF #6BAEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#2872A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#2872A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2872A4

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2872A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2872A4	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B73A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A67A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2872a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 114, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.106 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749abf',
    500: '#2872a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2872a4;
$custom-light: #749abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2872a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.194,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53044,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2872A4

secondary

#C18B66

accent

#8444E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2872A4

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

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