#2E72A4#2E72A4

#2E72A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.104 H 244.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E72A4
RGB	rgb(46, 114, 164)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 30.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, -4.33, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 33.31, 262.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% -0.0456 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.104 244)
XYZ	xyz(13.8423, 15.2943, 37.3373)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E72A4 #A4602E

analogous

#2EA49B #2E72A4 #2E37A4

triadic

#2E72A4 #A42E72 #72A42E

tetradic

#2E72A4 #9B2EA4 #A4602E #37A42E

square

#2E72A4 #9B2EA4 #A4602E #37A42E

split-complementary

#2E72A4 #A42E37 #A49B2E

monochromatic

#133044 #215174 #2E72A4 #4592CB #74AED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#2E72A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#2E72A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E72A4

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E72A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E72A4	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B73A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B68A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e72a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 114, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.104 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769abf',
    500: '#2e72a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e72a4;
$custom-light: #769abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e72a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53233,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.15296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E72A4

secondary

#C0916E

accent

#8848DF

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E72A4

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

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