#2D72B4#2D72B4

#2D72B4 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.124 H 250.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D72B4
RGB	rgb(45, 114, 180)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 36.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 1.40, -41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 41.15, 271.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% -0.0416 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.124 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3346, 15.8860, 45.4293)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D72B4 #B46F2D

analogous

#2DB4B3 #2D72B4 #2D2FB4

triadic

#2D72B4 #B42D72 #72B42D

tetradic

#2D72B4 #B32DB4 #B46F2D #2FB42D

square

#2D72B4 #B32DB4 #B46F2D #2FB42D

split-complementary

#2D72B4 #B42D2F #B4B32D

monochromatic

#153452 #215383 #2D72B4 #4C91D2 #7DAFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#2D72B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#2D72B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D72B4

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D72B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D72B4	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F69B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d72b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 114, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.124 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789acb',
    500: '#2d72b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d72b4;
$custom-light: #789acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d72b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54114,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D72B4

secondary

#C79D76

accent

#9245E3

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D72B4

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

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