#2B72A2#2B72A2

#2B72A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.103 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B72A2
RGBrgb(43, 114, 162)
HSLhsl(204, 58%, 40%)
HSVhsv(204, 73%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(73.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(45.85, -5.49, -32.16)
CIE-LCHlch(45.85, 32.63, 260.31°)
OKLaboklab(53.03% -0.0481 -0.0909)
OKLCHoklch(53.03% 0.103 242.1)
XYZxyz(13.5326, 15.1553, 36.3875)
Luminance0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B72A2 #A25B2B
analogous
#2BA297 #2B72A2 #2B36A2
triadic
#2B72A2 #A22B72 #72A22B
tetradic
#2B72A2 #972BA2 #A25B2B #36A22B
square
#2B72A2 #972BA2 #A25B2B #36A22B
split-complementary
#2B72A2 #A22B36 #A2972B
monochromatic
#112E41 #1E5072 #2B72A2 #3E93CC #6FAED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21
#2B72A2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03
#2B72A2 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B72A2
5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B72A2#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2B72A21.005.214.035.21
#FFFFFF5.211.0021.001.00
#0000004.0321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.211.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C73A4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4C68A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007E83
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b72a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 114, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.103 242.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749abd',
    500: '#2b72a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b72a2;
$custom-light: #749abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b72a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.202,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53026,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B72A2
secondary
#C08C69
accent
#8547E1
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EEF2F6
border
#C9CCD0
text
#090E12
muted
#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B72A2

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#2B72A2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva