#2872BC#2872BC

#2872BC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.136 H 251.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2872BC
RGB	rgb(40, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(210, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 3.79, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 45.45, 274.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% -0.0424 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.136 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9661, 16.1147, 49.8362)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2872BC #BC7228

analogous

#28BCBC #2872BC #2828BC

triadic

#2872BC #BC2872 #72BC28

tetradic

#2872BC #BC28BC #BC7228 #28BC28

square

#2872BC #BC28BC #BC7228 #28BC28

split-complementary

#2872BC #BC2828 #BCBC28

monochromatic

#133557 #1D538A #2872BC #4991D8 #7BAFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#2872BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#2872BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2872BC

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2872BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2872BC	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F77BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00848E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2872bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.136 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789ad0',
    500: '#2872bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2872bc;
$custom-light: #789ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2872bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54452,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2872BC

secondary

#CBA075

accent

#9440E8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0A0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2872BC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →