#2D72B3#2D72B3

#2D72B3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.123 H 250.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D72B3
RGB	rgb(45, 114, 179)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 36.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 1.03, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 40.65, 271.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% -0.0418 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.123 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2331, 15.8454, 44.8947)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D72B3 #B36E2D

analogous

#2DB3B1 #2D72B3 #2D2FB3

triadic

#2D72B3 #B32D72 #72B32D

tetradic

#2D72B3 #B12DB3 #B36E2D #2FB32D

square

#2D72B3 #B12DB3 #B36E2D #2FB32D

split-complementary

#2D72B3 #B32D2F #B3B12D

monochromatic

#143451 #215382 #2D72B3 #4B91D2 #7CAFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#2D72B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#2D72B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D72B3

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D72B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D72B3	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4069B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d72b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 114, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.123 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789aca',
    500: '#2d72b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d72b3;
$custom-light: #789aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d72b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.104,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54055,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D72B3

secondary

#C79D75

accent

#9245E3

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D72B3

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

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