#2879A9#2879A9

#2879A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.107 H 239.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2879A9
RGB	rgb(40, 121, 169)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(202, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 28.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, -7.50, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 33.35, 257.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% -0.0543 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.107 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8711, 16.9887, 40.0238)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2879A9 #A95828

analogous

#28A998 #2879A9 #2838A9

triadic

#2879A9 #A92879 #79A928

tetradic

#2879A9 #9828A9 #A95828 #38A928

square

#2879A9 #9828A9 #A95828 #38A928

split-complementary

#2879A9 #A92838 #A99828

monochromatic

#113246 #1C5678 #2879A9 #3D9AD1 #6FB4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#2879A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#2879A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2879A9

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2879A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2879A9	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6279AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2879a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 121, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.107 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759fc3',
    500: '#2879a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2879a9;
$custom-light: #759fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2879a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55014,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2879A9

secondary

#C48B69

accent

#7F43E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2879A9

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

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