#2E72A5#2E72A5

#2E72A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.105 H 244.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E72A5
RGB	rgb(46, 114, 165)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(206, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 30.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, -3.97, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 33.78, 263.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% -0.0453 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.105 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.9330, 15.3305, 37.8148)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E72A5 #A5612E

analogous

#2EA59D #2E72A5 #2E37A5

triadic

#2E72A5 #A52E72 #72A52E

tetradic

#2E72A5 #9D2EA5 #A5612E #37A52E

square

#2E72A5 #9D2EA5 #A5612E #37A52E

split-complementary

#2E72A5 #A52E37 #A59D2E

monochromatic

#133045 #215175 #2E72A5 #4592CB #75AED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#2E72A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#2E72A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E72A5

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E72A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E72A5	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B73A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A68A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e72a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 114, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.105 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769ac0',
    500: '#2e72a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e72a5;
$custom-light: #769ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e72a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53287,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E72A5

secondary

#C0926F

accent

#8948E0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E72A5

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

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