#2A72A9#2A72A9

#2A72A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.112 H 245.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72A9
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 169)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(206, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 32.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, -3.07, -35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 35.90, 265.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% -0.0464 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.112 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1308, 15.3898, 39.7542)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72A9 #A9612A

analogous

#2AA9A1 #2A72A9 #2A33A9

triadic

#2A72A9 #A92A72 #72A92A

tetradic

#2A72A9 #A12AA9 #A9612A #33A92A

square

#2A72A9 #A12AA9 #A9612A #33A92A

split-complementary

#2A72A9 #A92A33 #A9A12A

monochromatic

#123047 #1E5178 #2A72A9 #4192D0 #72AEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#2A72A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#2A72A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72A9

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72A9	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5974AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4768A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.112 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759ac3',
    500: '#2a72a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72a9;
$custom-light: #759ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.984,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53382,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72A9

secondary

#C3926C

accent

#8944E3

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72A9

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

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