#2A72B3#2A72B3

#2A72B3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.124 H 249.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72B3
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 179)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(208, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 36.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 0.64, -40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 40.78, 270.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% -0.0436 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.124 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1058, 15.7798, 44.8888)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72B3 #B36B2A

analogous

#2AB3AF #2A72B3 #2A2DB3

triadic

#2A72B3 #B32A72 #72B32A

tetradic

#2A72B3 #AF2AB3 #B36B2A #2DB32A

square

#2A72B3 #AF2AB3 #B36B2A #2DB32A

split-complementary

#2A72B3 #B32A2D #B3AF2A

monochromatic

#133350 #1E5281 #2A72B3 #4691D4 #78AEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#2A72B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#2A72B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72B3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72B3	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4069B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.124 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779aca',
    500: '#2a72b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72b3;
$custom-light: #779aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.467,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53962,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72B3

secondary

#C79A72

accent

#9043E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72B3

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

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