#2879C5#2879C5

#2879C5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.140 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2879C5
RGB	rgb(40, 121, 197)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(209, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 38.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 2.87, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 46.49, 273.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% -0.0462 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.14 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7867, 18.1549, 55.3793)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2879C5 #C57428

analogous

#28C5C3 #2879C5 #282AC5

triadic

#2879C5 #C52879 #79C528

tetradic

#2879C5 #C328C5 #C57428 #2AC528

square

#2879C5 #C328C5 #C57428 #2AC528

split-complementary

#2879C5 #C5282A #C5C328

monochromatic

#133B5F #1E5A92 #2879C5 #4F97DB #82B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#2879C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#2879C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2879C5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2879C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2879C5	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C70C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2879c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 121, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.140 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a9fd7',
    500: '#2879c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2879c5;
$custom-light: #7a9fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2879c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.045,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56617,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2879C5

secondary

#CEA37A

accent

#913FE9

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2879C5

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

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