#2872B8#2872B8

#2872B8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.131 H 250.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2872B8
RGB	rgb(40, 114, 184)
HSL	hsl(209, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 38%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 2.28, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 43.40, 273.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% -0.0433 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.131 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5408, 15.9446, 47.5967)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2872B8 #B86E28

analogous

#28B8B6 #2872B8 #282AB8

triadic

#2872B8 #B82872 #72B828

tetradic

#2872B8 #B628B8 #B86E28 #2AB828

square

#2872B8 #B628B8 #B86E28 #2AB828

split-complementary

#2872B8 #B8282A #B8B628

monochromatic

#123453 #1D5386 #2872B8 #4691D7 #79AFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#2872B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#2872B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2872B8

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2872B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2872B8	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5176BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B69B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2872b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 114, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.131 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779ace',
    500: '#2872b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2872b8;
$custom-light: #779ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2872b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.167,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54206,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2872B8

secondary

#CA9D72

accent

#9241E7

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F9

border

#C9CCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2872B8

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

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