#2B728E#2B728E

#2B728E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.082 H 227.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B728E
RGB	rgb(43, 114, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, -12.59, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 25.12, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% -0.0552 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.082 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8941, 14.4999, 27.7579)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B728E #8E472B

analogous

#2B8E79 #2B728E #2B418E

triadic

#2B728E #8E2B72 #728E2B

tetradic

#2B728E #792B8E #8E472B #418E2B

square

#2B728E #792B8E #8E472B #418E2B

split-complementary

#2B728E #8E2B41 #8E792B

monochromatic

#0F2730 #1D4C5F #2B728E #3998BD #63B1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#2B728E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#2B728E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B728E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B728E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B728E	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63708F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56668E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b728e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 114, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.082 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#719aaf',
    500: '#2b728e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b728e;
$custom-light: #719aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b728e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52008,
    "c": 0.08219,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B728E

secondary

#B6775F

accent

#744BDD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B728E

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

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