#2878A2#2878A2

#2878A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.100 H 236.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2878A2
RGB	rgb(40, 120, 162)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, -9.44, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 30.88, 252.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% -0.0557 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.1 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1105, 16.4910, 36.6148)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2878A2 #A25228

analogous

#28A28F #2878A2 #283BA2

triadic

#2878A2 #A22878 #78A228

tetradic

#2878A2 #8F28A2 #A25228 #3BA228

square

#2878A2 #8F28A2 #A25228 #3BA228

split-complementary

#2878A2 #A2283B #A28F28

monochromatic

#102F40 #1C5471 #2878A2 #399BCE #6AB4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#2878A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#2878A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2878A2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2878A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2878A2	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6477A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2878a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 120, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.100 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749ebd',
    500: '#2878a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2878a2;
$custom-light: #749ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2878a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54404,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2878A2

secondary

#C18565

accent

#7B44E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2878A2

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

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