#2A72C8#2A72C8

#2A72C8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.151 H 255.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A72C8
RGB	rgb(42, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(213, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 8.55, -51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 51.72, 279.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% -0.0386 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.151 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3936, 16.6949, 56.9381)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A72C8 #C8802A

analogous

#2AC1C8 #2A72C8 #312AC8

triadic

#2A72C8 #C82A72 #72C82A

tetradic

#2A72C8 #C82AC1 #C8802A #2AC831

square

#2A72C8 #C82AC1 #C8802A #2AC831

split-complementary

#2A72C8 #C8312A #C1C82A

monochromatic

#153863 #1F5595 #2A72C8 #5492DB #87B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#2A72C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#2A72C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A72C8

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A72C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A72C8	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4779CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a72c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.151 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b99d9',
    500: '#2a72c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a72c8;
$custom-light: #7b99d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a72c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.658,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55276,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A72C8

secondary

#CFAA7F

accent

#9B40E8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0B0D15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A72C8

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

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