#2A72A2#2A72A2

#2A72A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.103 H 241.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A72A2
RGBrgb(42, 114, 162)
HSLhsl(204, 59%, 40%)
HSVhsv(204, 74%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(74.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(45.82, -5.63, -32.21)
CIE-LCHlch(45.82, 32.70, 260.08°)
OKLaboklab(53% -0.0486 -0.0911)
OKLCHoklch(53% 0.103 241.9)
XYZxyz(13.4912, 15.1340, 36.3855)
Luminance0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A72A2 #A25A2A
analogous
#2AA296 #2A72A2 #2A36A2
triadic
#2A72A2 #A22A72 #72A22A
tetradic
#2A72A2 #962AA2 #A25A2A #36A22A
square
#2A72A2 #962AA2 #A25A2A #36A22A
split-complementary
#2A72A2 #A22A36 #A2962A
monochromatic
#112E41 #1D5071 #2A72A2 #3D93CD #6DAED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21
#2A72A2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03
#2A72A2 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72A2
5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A72A2#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2A72A21.005.214.035.21
#FFFFFF5.211.0021.001.00
#0000004.0321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.211.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C73A4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4B67A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007E83
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a72a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.103 241.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749abd',
    500: '#2a72a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a72a2;
$custom-light: #749abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a72a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52995,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A72A2
secondary
#C08B68
accent
#8446E2
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EEF2F6
border
#C9CCD0
text
#090E12
muted
#7B7E81

Preview Lab

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#2A72A2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva