#2C72B8#2C72B8

#2C72B8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.130 H 251.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C72B8
RGB	rgb(44, 114, 184)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(210, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 38%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, 2.76, -43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 43.24, 273.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% -0.0411 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.13 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7045, 16.0290, 47.6043)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C72B8 #B8722C

analogous

#2CB8B8 #2C72B8 #2C2CB8

triadic

#2C72B8 #B82C72 #72B82C

tetradic

#2C72B8 #B82CB8 #B8722C #2CB82C

square

#2C72B8 #B82CB8 #B8722C #2CB82C

split-complementary

#2C72B8 #B82C2C #B8B82C

monochromatic

#143555 #205387 #2C72B8 #4D91D4 #7EAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#2C72B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#2C72B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C72B8

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C72B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C72B8	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5176BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c72b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 114, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.130 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799ace',
    500: '#2c72b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c72b8;
$custom-light: #799ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c72b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54324,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C72B8

secondary

#C9A077

accent

#9443E5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C72B8

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

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