#2172A0#2172A0

#2172A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.104 H 238.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2172A0
RGB	rgb(33, 114, 160)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(202, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, -7.51, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 32.44, 256.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% -0.0539 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.104 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9872, 14.8945, 35.4413)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2172A0 #A04F21

analogous

#21A08E #2172A0 #2133A0

triadic

#2172A0 #A02172 #72A021

tetradic

#2172A0 #8E21A0 #A04F21 #33A021

square

#2172A0 #8E21A0 #A04F21 #33A021

split-complementary

#2172A0 #A02133 #A08E21

monochromatic

#0C2A3B #174E6D #2172A0 #2B96D3 #5EAFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#2172A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#2172A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2172A0

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2172A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2172A0	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C72A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B669F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2172a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 114, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.104 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#719abc',
    500: '#2172a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2172a0;
$custom-light: #719abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2172a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.732,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52637,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2172A0

secondary

#C2805B

accent

#7D3FE9

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2172A0

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

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