#2B72A3#2B72A3

#2B72A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.104 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B72A3
RGB	rgb(43, 114, 163)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, -5.13, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 33.07, 261.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% -0.0477 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.104 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6219, 15.1910, 36.8575)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B72A3 #A35C2B

analogous

#2BA398 #2B72A3 #2B36A3

triadic

#2B72A3 #A32B72 #72A32B

tetradic

#2B72A3 #982BA3 #A35C2B #36A32B

square

#2B72A3 #982BA3 #A35C2B #36A32B

split-complementary

#2B72A3 #A32B36 #A3982B

monochromatic

#112E42 #1E5073 #2B72A3 #3F93CC #6FAED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#2B72A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#2B72A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B72A3

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B72A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B72A3	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B73A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B68A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b72a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 114, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.104 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749abe',
    500: '#2b72a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b72a3;
$custom-light: #749abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b72a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5308,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B72A3

secondary

#C08D6A

accent

#8646E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B72A3

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

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