#2A72A8#2A72A8

#2A72A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.110 H 244.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72A8
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 168)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(206, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 32.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, -3.44, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 35.43, 264.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.33% -0.0467 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(53.33% 0.11 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0373, 15.3524, 39.2617)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72A8 #A8602A

analogous

#2AA89F #2A72A8 #2A33A8

triadic

#2A72A8 #A82A72 #72A82A

tetradic

#2A72A8 #9F2AA8 #A8602A #33A82A

square

#2A72A8 #9F2AA8 #A8602A #33A82A

split-complementary

#2A72A8 #A82A33 #A89F2A

monochromatic

#123046 #1E5177 #2A72A8 #4092CF #71AEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#2A72A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#2A72A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72A8

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72A8	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5974AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4868A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.110 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759ac2',
    500: '#2a72a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72a8;
$custom-light: #759ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53326,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72A8

secondary

#C3916B

accent

#8945E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72A8

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

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