#2872B1#2872B1

#2872B1 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.122 H 248.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2872B1
RGB	rgb(40, 114, 177)
HSL	hsl(208, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(208, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 35.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, -0.35, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 39.87, 269.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% -0.0452 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.122 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8252, 15.6583, 43.8275)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2872B1 #B16728

analogous

#28B1AB #2872B1 #282EB1

triadic

#2872B1 #B12872 #72B128

tetradic

#2872B1 #AB28B1 #B16728 #2EB128

square

#2872B1 #AB28B1 #B16728 #2EB128

split-complementary

#2872B1 #B1282E #B1AB28

monochromatic

#11324D #1D527F #2872B1 #4291D4 #74AEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#2872B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#2872B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2872B1

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2872B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2872B1	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5575B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4169B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2872b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 114, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.122 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769ac8',
    500: '#2872b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2872b1;
$custom-light: #769ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2872b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.591,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53785,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2872B1

secondary

#C7976E

accent

#8D42E6

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2872B1

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

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