#2A72BB#2A72BB

#2A72BB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.134 H 252.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72BB
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 187)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(210, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 39%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 3.64, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 44.87, 274.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% -0.0415 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.134 252)
XYZ	xyz(15.9384, 16.1128, 49.2741)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72BB #BB732A

analogous

#2ABBBB #2A72BB #2B2ABB

triadic

#2A72BB #BB2A72 #72BB2A

tetradic

#2A72BB #BB2ABB #BB732A #2ABB2B

square

#2A72BB #BB2ABB #BB732A #2ABB2B

split-complementary

#2A72BB #BB2B2A #BBBB2A

monochromatic

#143557 #1F5489 #2A72BB #4C91D7 #7DAFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#2A72BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#2A72BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72BB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72BB	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F77BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.134 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799ad0',
    500: '#2a72bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72bb;
$custom-light: #799ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.207,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54448,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.16115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72BB

secondary

#CAA176

accent

#9441E6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0A0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72BB

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

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