#2A72B6#2A72B6

#2A72B6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.128 H 250.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72B6
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 182)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 37.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 1.77, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 42.30, 272.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% -0.0428 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.128 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4125, 15.9025, 46.5041)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72B6 #B66E2A

analogous

#2AB6B4 #2A72B6 #2A2CB6

triadic

#2A72B6 #B62A72 #72B62A

tetradic

#2A72B6 #B42AB6 #B66E2A #2CB62A

square

#2A72B6 #B42AB6 #B66E2A #2CB62A

split-complementary

#2A72B6 #B62A2C #B6B42A

monochromatic

#133453 #1F5384 #2A72B6 #4891D5 #7AAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#2A72B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#2A72B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72B6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72B6	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5276B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D69B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.128 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789acc',
    500: '#2a72b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72b6;
$custom-light: #789acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54142,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72B6

secondary

#C89D73

accent

#9242E6

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F9

border

#C9CCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72B6

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

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