#2C72A8#2C72A8

#2C72A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.110 H 245.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C72A8
RGB	rgb(44, 114, 168)
HSL	hsl(206, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(206, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 32.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, -3.16, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 35.31, 264.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% -0.0456 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.11 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1212, 15.3957, 39.2656)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C72A8 #A8622C

analogous

#2CA8A0 #2C72A8 #2C34A8

triadic

#2C72A8 #A82C72 #72A82C

tetradic

#2C72A8 #A02CA8 #A8622C #34A82C

square

#2C72A8 #A02CA8 #A8622C #34A82C

split-complementary

#2C72A8 #A82C34 #A8A02C

monochromatic

#133047 #1F5178 #2C72A8 #4392CE #74AEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#2C72A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#2C72A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C72A8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C72A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C72A8	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5974AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4868A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c72a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 114, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.110 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769ac2',
    500: '#2c72a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c72a8;
$custom-light: #769ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c72a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.129,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53388,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C72A8

secondary

#C2926E

accent

#8A46E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C72A8

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

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