#2B72B5#2B72B5

#2B72B5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.126 H 250.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B72B5
RGB	rgb(43, 114, 181)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 37%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 1.52, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 41.75, 272.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% -0.0425 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.126 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.3509, 15.8826, 45.9637)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B72B5 #B56E2B

analogous

#2BB5B3 #2B72B5 #2B2DB5

triadic

#2B72B5 #B52B72 #72B52B

tetradic

#2B72B5 #B32BB5 #B56E2B #2DB52B

square

#2B72B5 #B32BB5 #B56E2B #2DB52B

split-complementary

#2B72B5 #B52B2D #B5B32B

monochromatic

#143452 #1F5384 #2B72B5 #4991D4 #7BAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#2B72B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#2B72B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B72B5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B72B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B72B5	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5376B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b72b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 114, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.126 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789acb',
    500: '#2b72b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b72b5;
$custom-light: #789acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b72b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.13,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54112,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B72B5

secondary

#C89D74

accent

#9243E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B72B5

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

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