#2A72A4#2A72A4

#2A72A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.106 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72A4
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 164)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 30.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, -4.90, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 33.59, 261.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% -0.048 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.106 243)
XYZ	xyz(13.6704, 15.2056, 37.3293)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72A4 #A45C2A

analogous

#2AA499 #2A72A4 #2A35A4

triadic

#2A72A4 #A42A72 #72A42A

tetradic

#2A72A4 #992AA4 #A45C2A #35A42A

square

#2A72A4 #992AA4 #A45C2A #35A42A

split-complementary

#2A72A4 #A42A35 #A4992A

monochromatic

#112E43 #1E5073 #2A72A4 #3E93CD #6EAEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#2A72A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#2A72A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72A4

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72A4	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B73A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A68A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.106 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749abf',
    500: '#2a72a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72a4;
$custom-light: #749abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53104,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.15207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72A4

secondary

#C18D69

accent

#8645E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72A4

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

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