#2A72B4#2A72B4

#2A72B4 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.125 H 249.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72B4
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 180)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 36.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 1.02, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 41.28, 271.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% -0.0433 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.125 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2073, 15.8204, 45.4233)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72B4 #B46C2A

analogous

#2AB4B1 #2A72B4 #2A2DB4

triadic

#2A72B4 #B42A72 #72B42A

tetradic

#2A72B4 #B12AB4 #B46C2A #2DB42A

square

#2A72B4 #B12AB4 #B46C2A #2DB42A

split-complementary

#2A72B4 #B42A2D #B4B12A

monochromatic

#133351 #1E5382 #2A72B4 #4791D4 #79AEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#2A72B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#2A72B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72B4

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72B4	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5376B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F69B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.125 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779acb',
    500: '#2a72b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72b4;
$custom-light: #779acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54022,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72B4

secondary

#C89B72

accent

#9043E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72B4

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

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