#2A72B7#2A72B7

#2A72B7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.129 H 250.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72B7
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 183)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 37.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 2.14, -42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 42.81, 272.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% -0.0425 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.129 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5162, 15.9439, 47.0503)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72B7 #B76F2A

analogous

#2AB7B6 #2A72B7 #2A2BB7

triadic

#2A72B7 #B72A72 #72B72A

tetradic

#2A72B7 #B62AB7 #B76F2A #2BB72A

square

#2A72B7 #B62AB7 #B76F2A #2BB72A

split-complementary

#2A72B7 #B72A2B #B7B62A

monochromatic

#133453 #1F5385 #2A72B7 #4991D5 #7BAFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#2A72B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#2A72B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72B7

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72B7	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5276BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C69B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.129 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789acd',
    500: '#2a72b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72b7;
$custom-light: #789acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.362,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54202,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72B7

secondary

#C99D74

accent

#9242E6

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F9

border

#C9CCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72B7

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

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