#2A72B8#2A72B8

#2A72B8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.130 H 251.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72B8
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 184)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(210, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 38%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 2.52, -43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 43.32, 273.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% -0.0423 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.13 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6206, 15.9857, 47.6004)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72B8 #B8702A

analogous

#2AB8B7 #2A72B8 #2A2BB8

triadic

#2A72B8 #B82A72 #72B82A

tetradic

#2A72B8 #B72AB8 #B8702A #2BB82A

square

#2A72B8 #B72AB8 #B8702A #2BB82A

split-complementary

#2A72B8 #B82A2B #B8B72A

monochromatic

#133454 #1F5386 #2A72B8 #4A91D6 #7BAFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#2A72B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#2A72B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72B8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72B8	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5176BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B69B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.130 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789ace',
    500: '#2a72b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72b8;
$custom-light: #789ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.577,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54263,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72B8

secondary

#C99E75

accent

#9342E6

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F9

border

#C9CCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72B8

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

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