#2874BD#2874BD

#2874BD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.135 H 251.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2874BD
RGB	rgb(40, 116, 189)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(209, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 38.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 2.93, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 44.94, 273.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% -0.0439 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.135 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3023, 16.6141, 50.4819)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2874BD #BD7128

analogous

#28BDBC #2874BD #2829BD

triadic

#2874BD #BD2874 #74BD28

tetradic

#2874BD #BC28BD #BD7128 #29BD28

square

#2874BD #BC28BD #BD7128 #29BD28

split-complementary

#2874BD #BD2829 #BDBC28

monochromatic

#133658 #1D558A #2874BD #4A93D9 #7CB1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#2874BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#2874BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2874BD

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2874BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2874BD	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5179C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00858F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2874bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 116, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.135 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799bd1',
    500: '#2874bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2874bd;
$custom-light: #799bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2874bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.396,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54975,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2874BD

secondary

#CBA075

accent

#9240E8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0A0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2874BD

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

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