#2A72B2#2A72B2

#2A72B2 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.123 H 249.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72B2
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 178)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(208, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 36%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 0.27, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 40.28, 270.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% -0.0438 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.123 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0050, 15.7395, 44.3581)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72B2 #B26A2A

analogous

#2AB2AE #2A72B2 #2A2EB2

triadic

#2A72B2 #B22A72 #72B22A

tetradic

#2A72B2 #AE2AB2 #B26A2A #2EB22A

square

#2A72B2 #AE2AB2 #B26A2A #2EB22A

split-complementary

#2A72B2 #B22A2E #B2AE2A

monochromatic

#13334F #1E5280 #2A72B2 #4691D3 #77AEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#2A72B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#2A72B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72B2

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72B2	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5475B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4069B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.123 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779ac9',
    500: '#2a72b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72b2;
$custom-light: #779ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53903,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72B2

secondary

#C79971

accent

#8F43E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72B2

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

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