#2B72BB#2B72BB

#2B72BB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.134 H 252.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B72BB
RGBrgb(43, 114, 187)
HSLhsl(210, 63%, 45%)
HSVhsv(210, 77%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(77%, 39%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(47.15, 3.76, -44.67)
CIE-LCHlch(47.15, 44.83, 274.81°)
OKLaboklab(54.48% -0.041 -0.1275)
OKLCHoklch(54.48% 0.134 252.2)
XYZxyz(15.9798, 16.1342, 49.2761)
Luminance0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B72BB #BB742B
analogous
#2BBABB #2B72BB #2C2BBB
triadic
#2B72BB #BB2B72 #72BB2B
tetradic
#2B72BB #BB2BBA #BB742B #2BBB2C
square
#2B72BB #BB2BBA #BB742B #2BBB2C
split-complementary
#2B72BB #BB2C2B #BABB2B
monochromatic
#143557 #205489 #2B72BB #4D91D6 #7FB0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97
#2B72BB on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23
#2B72BB on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B72BB
4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B72BB#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2B72BB1.004.974.234.97
#FFFFFF4.971.0021.001.00
#0000004.2321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.971.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4F77BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#396ABA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00838D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b72bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 114, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.134 252.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799ad0',
    500: '#2b72bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b72bb;
$custom-light: #799ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b72bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.417,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54477,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B72BB
secondary
#CAA178
accent
#9542E6
background
#F8F9FC
surface
#EFF2F9
border
#CACCD2
text
#0A0E14
muted
#7C7E82

Preview Lab

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#2B72BB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva