#2C72A4#2C72A4

#2C72A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.105 H 243.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2C72A4
RGBrgb(44, 114, 164)
HSLhsl(205, 58%, 41%)
HSVhsv(205, 73%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 30.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(45.97, -4.62, -33.13)
CIE-LCHlch(45.97, 33.45, 262.06°)
OKLaboklab(53.17% -0.0468 -0.0937)
OKLCHoklch(53.17% 0.105 243.4)
XYZxyz(13.7543, 15.2489, 37.3332)
Luminance0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2C72A4 #A45E2C
analogous
#2CA49A #2C72A4 #2C36A4
triadic
#2C72A4 #A42C72 #72A42C
tetradic
#2C72A4 #9A2CA4 #A45E2C #36A42C
square
#2C72A4 #9A2CA4 #A45E2C #36A42C
split-complementary
#2C72A4 #A42C36 #A49A2C
monochromatic
#122F43 #1F5074 #2C72A4 #4192CC #71AED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19
#2C72A4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05
#2C72A4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C72A4
5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2C72A4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2C72A41.005.194.055.19
#FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00
#0000004.0521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5B73A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4B68A3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007E84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2c72a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 114, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.105 243.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759abf',
    500: '#2c72a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2c72a4;
$custom-light: #759abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2c72a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53167,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2C72A4
secondary
#C08F6B
accent
#8747E1
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EEF2F7
border
#C9CCD0
text
#090E12
muted
#7B7E81

Preview Lab

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#2C72A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva