#2B72B8#2B72B8

#2B72B8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.130 H 251.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B72B8
RGB	rgb(43, 114, 184)
HSL	hsl(210, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(210, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 38%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 2.64, -43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 43.28, 273.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% -0.0417 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.13 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6620, 16.0071, 47.6023)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B72B8 #B8712B

analogous

#2BB8B8 #2B72B8 #2B2CB8

triadic

#2B72B8 #B82B72 #72B82B

tetradic

#2B72B8 #B82BB8 #B8712B #2CB82B

square

#2B72B8 #B82BB8 #B8712B #2CB82B

split-complementary

#2B72B8 #B82B2C #B8B82B

monochromatic

#143555 #1F5386 #2B72B8 #4B91D5 #7DAFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#2B72B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#2B72B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B72B8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B72B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B72B8	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5176BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B69B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b72b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 114, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.130 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789ace',
    500: '#2b72b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b72b8;
$custom-light: #789ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b72b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.787,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54293,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B72B8

secondary

#C99F76

accent

#9343E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F9

border

#C9CCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B72B8

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

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