#2D72B8#2D72B8

#2D72B8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.129 H 251.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D72B8
RGB	rgb(45, 114, 184)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(210, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 38%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 2.89, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 43.20, 273.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% -0.0405 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.129 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7480, 16.0514, 47.6064)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D72B8 #B8732D

analogous

#2DB8B8 #2D72B8 #2E2DB8

triadic

#2D72B8 #B82D72 #72B82D

tetradic

#2D72B8 #B82DB8 #B8732D #2DB82E

square

#2D72B8 #B82DB8 #B8732D #2DB82E

split-complementary

#2D72B8 #B82E2D #B8B82D

monochromatic

#153556 #215487 #2D72B8 #4E91D4 #80AFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#2D72B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#2D72B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D72B8

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D72B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D72B8	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)

#5177BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d72b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 114, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.129 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799ace',
    500: '#2d72b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d72b8;
$custom-light: #799ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d72b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.216,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54355,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D72B8

secondary

#C9A178

accent

#9444E4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D72B8

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

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