#2572A5#2572A5

#2572A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.109 H 242.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2572A5
RGB	rgb(37, 114, 165)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 30.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, -5.18, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 34.35, 261.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% -0.0504 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.109 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5691, 15.1429, 37.7977)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2572A5 #A55825

analogous

#25A598 #2572A5 #2532A5

triadic

#2572A5 #A52572 #72A525

tetradic

#2572A5 #9825A5 #A55825 #32A525

square

#2572A5 #9825A5 #A55825 #32A525

split-complementary

#2572A5 #A52532 #A59825

monochromatic

#0F2D41 #1A4F73 #2572A5 #3593D2 #67AEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#2572A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#2572A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2572A5

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2572A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2572A5	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A73A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4967A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2572a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 114, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.109 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739ac0',
    500: '#2572a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2572a5;
$custom-light: #739ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2572a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.906,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53014,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2572A5

secondary

#C38963

accent

#8341E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F7

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2572A5

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

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