#2878A9#2878A9

#2878A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.107 H 240.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2878A9
RGB	rgb(40, 120, 169)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(203, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 29%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, -6.91, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 33.70, 258.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% -0.0533 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.107 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7502, 16.7469, 39.9835)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2878A9 #A95928

analogous

#28A999 #2878A9 #2837A9

triadic

#2878A9 #A92878 #78A928

tetradic

#2878A9 #9928A9 #A95928 #37A928

square

#2878A9 #9928A9 #A95928 #37A928

split-complementary

#2878A9 #A92837 #A99928

monochromatic

#113246 #1C5578 #2878A9 #3D99D1 #6FB3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#2878A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#2878A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2878A9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2878A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2878A9	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6178AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2878a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 120, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.107 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759ec3',
    500: '#2878a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2878a9;
$custom-light: #759ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2878a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.791,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54771,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2878A9

secondary

#C48C69

accent

#8043E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2878A9

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

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