#2879A0#2879A0

#2879A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.097 H 233.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2879A0
RGB	rgb(40, 121, 160)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 24.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, -10.73, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 29.88, 248.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% -0.0574 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.097 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.0551, 16.6623, 35.7263)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2879A0 #A04F28

analogous

#28A08B #2879A0 #283DA0

triadic

#2879A0 #A02879 #79A028

tetradic

#2879A0 #8B28A0 #A04F28 #3DA028

square

#2879A0 #8B28A0 #A04F28 #3DA028

split-complementary

#2879A0 #A0283D #A08B28

monochromatic

#102F3E #1C546F #2879A0 #389DCD #69B5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#2879A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#2879A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2879A0

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2879A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2879A0	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6678A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2879a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 121, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.097 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739fbc',
    500: '#2879a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2879a0;
$custom-light: #739fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2879a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.5,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54548,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2879A0

secondary

#C08264

accent

#7845E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2879A0

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

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