#2B72B3#2B72B3

#2B72B3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.124 H 249.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B72B3
RGB	rgb(43, 114, 179)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 36.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 0.77, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 40.74, 271.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% -0.043 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.124 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1472, 15.8011, 44.8907)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B72B3 #B36C2B

analogous

#2BB3B0 #2B72B3 #2B2EB3

triadic

#2B72B3 #B32B72 #72B32B

tetradic

#2B72B3 #B02BB3 #B36C2B #2EB32B

square

#2B72B3 #B02BB3 #B36C2B #2EB32B

split-complementary

#2B72B3 #B32B2E #B3B02B

monochromatic

#133350 #1F5382 #2B72B3 #4891D3 #79AEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#2B72B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#2B72B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B72B3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B72B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B72B3	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4069B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b72b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 114, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.124 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779aca',
    500: '#2b72b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b72b3;
$custom-light: #779aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b72b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.676,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53992,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B72B3

secondary

#C79B73

accent

#9043E4

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B72B3

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

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