#2172A9#2172A9

#2172A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.115 H 243.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2172A9
RGB	rgb(33, 114, 169)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, -4.15, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 36.38, 263.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.14% -0.051 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(53.14% 0.115 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8031, 15.2208, 39.7389)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2172A9 #A95821

analogous

#21A99C #2172A9 #212EA9

triadic

#2172A9 #A92172 #72A921

tetradic

#2172A9 #9C21A9 #A95821 #2EA921

square

#2172A9 #9C21A9 #A95821 #2EA921

split-complementary

#2172A9 #A9212E #A99C21

monochromatic

#0D2D43 #174F76 #2172A9 #3193D7 #64AEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#2172A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#2172A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2172A9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2172A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2172A9	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5874AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4567A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2172a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 114, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.115 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#729ac3',
    500: '#2172a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2172a9;
$custom-light: #729ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2172a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.265,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53137,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2172A9

secondary

#C68960

accent

#833EEA

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EDF2F8

border

#C8CCD1

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2172A9

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

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