#2B72B6#2B72B6

#2B72B6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.127 H 250.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B72B6
RGB	rgb(43, 114, 182)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 37.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 1.89, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 42.26, 272.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% -0.0422 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.127 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4539, 15.9238, 46.5060)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B72B6 #B66F2B

analogous

#2BB6B5 #2B72B6 #2B2CB6

triadic

#2B72B6 #B62B72 #72B62B

tetradic

#2B72B6 #B52BB6 #B66F2B #2CB62B

square

#2B72B6 #B52BB6 #B66F2B #2CB62B

split-complementary

#2B72B6 #B62B2C #B6B52B

monochromatic

#143453 #1F5384 #2B72B6 #4A91D4 #7BAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#2B72B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#2B72B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B72B6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B72B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B72B6	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5276B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D69B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b72b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 114, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.127 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789acc',
    500: '#2b72b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b72b6;
$custom-light: #789acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b72b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.353,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54172,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B72B6

secondary

#C89D75

accent

#9243E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F9

border

#C9CCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B72B6

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

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