#2872C5#2872C5

#2872C5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.148 H 254.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2872C5
RGB	rgb(40, 114, 197)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(212, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 42.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 7.21, -49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 50.17, 278.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% -0.0403 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.148 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9667, 16.5149, 55.1060)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2872C5 #C57B28

analogous

#28C1C5 #2872C5 #2D28C5

triadic

#2872C5 #C52872 #72C528

tetradic

#2872C5 #C528C1 #C57B28 #28C52D

square

#2872C5 #C528C1 #C57B28 #28C52D

split-complementary

#2872C5 #C52D28 #C1C528

monochromatic

#13375F #1E5592 #2872C5 #4F91DB #82B1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#2872C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#2872C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2872C5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2872C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2872C5	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4979C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C6BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2872c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 114, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.148 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a9ad7',
    500: '#2872c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2872c5;
$custom-light: #7a9ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2872c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.72,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55025,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2872C5

secondary

#CEA77A

accent

#993FE9

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0B0D14

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2872C5

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

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