#2879A1#2879A1

#2879A1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.098 H 234.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2879A1
RGB	rgb(40, 121, 161)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 24.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, -10.38, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 30.24, 249.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% -0.0571 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.098 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1429, 16.6974, 36.1888)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2879A1 #A15028

analogous

#28A18D #2879A1 #283CA1

triadic

#2879A1 #A12879 #79A128

tetradic

#2879A1 #8D28A1 #A15028 #3CA128

square

#2879A1 #8D28A1 #A15028 #3CA128

split-complementary

#2879A1 #A1283C #A18D28

monochromatic

#102F3F #1C5470 #2879A1 #399CCE #6AB5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#2879A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#2879A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2879A1

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2879A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2879A1	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2879a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 121, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.098 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739fbd',
    500: '#2879a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2879a1;
$custom-light: #739fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2879a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54599,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2879A1

secondary

#C08365

accent

#7944E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2879A1

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

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