#2A72B5#2A72B5

#2A72B5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.127 H 250.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72B5
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 181)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 37%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 1.39, -41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 41.79, 271.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% -0.043 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.127 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3095, 15.8613, 45.9618)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72B5 #B56D2A

analogous

#2AB5B2 #2A72B5 #2A2CB5

triadic

#2A72B5 #B52A72 #72B52A

tetradic

#2A72B5 #B22AB5 #B56D2A #2CB52A

square

#2A72B5 #B22AB5 #B56D2A #2CB52A

split-complementary

#2A72B5 #B52A2C #B5B22A

monochromatic

#133352 #1E5383 #2A72B5 #4891D4 #79AFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#2A72B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#2A72B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72B5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72B5	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5376B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.127 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789acb',
    500: '#2a72b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72b5;
$custom-light: #789acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.921,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54082,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72B5

secondary

#C89C73

accent

#9142E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72B5

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

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