#2C72B2#2C72B2

#2C72B2 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.122 H 249.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C72B2
RGB	rgb(44, 114, 178)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 36%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 0.53, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 40.19, 270.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% -0.0427 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.122 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0889, 15.7827, 44.3620)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C72B2 #B26C2C

analogous

#2CB2AF #2C72B2 #2C2FB2

triadic

#2C72B2 #B22C72 #72B22C

tetradic

#2C72B2 #AF2CB2 #B26C2C #2FB22C

square

#2C72B2 #AF2CB2 #B26C2C #2FB22C

split-complementary

#2C72B2 #B22C2F #B2AF2C

monochromatic

#143350 #205381 #2C72B2 #4991D2 #7AAEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#2C72B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#2C72B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C72B2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C72B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C72B2	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5575B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4169B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c72b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 114, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.122 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789ac9',
    500: '#2c72b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c72b2;
$custom-light: #789ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c72b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53964,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C72B2

secondary

#C69B73

accent

#9044E4

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C72B2

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

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