#2A72A3#2A72A3

#2A72A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.104 H 242.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72A3
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 163)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, -5.27, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 33.14, 260.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% -0.0483 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.104 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5805, 15.1697, 36.8555)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72A3 #A35B2A

analogous

#2AA398 #2A72A3 #2A35A3

triadic

#2A72A3 #A32A72 #72A32A

tetradic

#2A72A3 #982AA3 #A35B2A #35A32A

square

#2A72A3 #982AA3 #A35B2A #35A32A

split-complementary

#2A72A3 #A32A35 #A3982A

monochromatic

#112E42 #1D5072 #2A72A3 #3D93CD #6EAEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#2A72A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#2A72A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72A3

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72A3	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)

#5B73A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B67A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.104 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749abe',
    500: '#2a72a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72a3;
$custom-light: #749abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.298,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53049,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72A3

secondary

#C08C68

accent

#8546E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72A3

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

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