#2879A3#2879A3

#2879A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.100 H 235.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2879A3
RGB	rgb(40, 121, 163)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, -9.66, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 30.98, 251.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% -0.0564 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.1 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3207, 16.7685, 37.1251)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2879A3 #A35228

analogous

#28A390 #2879A3 #283BA3

triadic

#2879A3 #A32879 #79A328

tetradic

#2879A3 #9028A3 #A35228 #3BA328

square

#2879A3 #9028A3 #A35228 #3BA328

split-complementary

#2879A3 #A3283B #A39028

monochromatic

#103041 #1C5572 #2879A3 #3A9CCF #6BB4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#2879A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#2879A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2879A3

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2879A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2879A3	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2879a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 121, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.100 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbe',
    500: '#2879a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2879a3;
$custom-light: #749fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2879a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.488,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54701,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2879A3

secondary

#C18566

accent

#7B44E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2879A3

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

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