#2879A4#2879A4

#2879A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.101 H 236.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2879A4
RGB	rgb(40, 121, 164)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 26.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, -9.30, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 31.36, 252.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% -0.056 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.101 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4106, 16.8045, 37.5989)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2879A4 #A45328

analogous

#28A491 #2879A4 #283BA4

triadic

#2879A4 #A42879 #79A428

tetradic

#2879A4 #9128A4 #A45328 #3BA428

square

#2879A4 #9128A4 #A45328 #3BA428

split-complementary

#2879A4 #A4283B #A49128

monochromatic

#103042 #1C5573 #2879A4 #3A9BCF #6BB4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#2879A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#2879A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2879A4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2879A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2879A4	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6479A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2879a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 121, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.101 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbf',
    500: '#2879a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2879a4;
$custom-light: #749fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2879a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.806,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54752,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2879A4

secondary

#C18666

accent

#7B44E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2879A4

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

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