#2872A8#2872A8

#2872A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.111 H 244.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2872A8
RGB	rgb(40, 114, 168)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(205, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 32.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, -3.70, -35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 35.55, 264.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% -0.0478 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.111 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.9575, 15.3113, 39.2580)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2872A8 #A85E28

analogous

#28A89E #2872A8 #2832A8

triadic

#2872A8 #A82872 #72A828

tetradic

#2872A8 #9E28A8 #A85E28 #32A828

square

#2872A8 #9E28A8 #A85E28 #32A828

split-complementary

#2872A8 #A82832 #A89E28

monochromatic

#102F45 #1C5077 #2872A8 #3D92D1 #6EAEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#2872A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#2872A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2872A8

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2872A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2872A8	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5974AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4768A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2872a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 114, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.111 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749ac2',
    500: '#2872a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2872a8;
$custom-light: #749ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2872a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.313,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53266,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2872A8

secondary

#C38F69

accent

#8743E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2872A8

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

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