#2E72A6#2E72A6

#2E72A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.106 H 245.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E72A6
RGB	rgb(46, 114, 166)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(206, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 31.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, -3.60, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 34.24, 263.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% -0.045 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.106 245)
XYZ	xyz(14.0243, 15.3671, 38.2960)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E72A6 #A6622E

analogous

#2EA69E #2E72A6 #2E36A6

triadic

#2E72A6 #A62E72 #72A62E

tetradic

#2E72A6 #9E2EA6 #A6622E #36A62E

square

#2E72A6 #9E2EA6 #A6622E #36A62E

split-complementary

#2E72A6 #A62E36 #A69E2E

monochromatic

#133046 #215176 #2E72A6 #4692CC #76AED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#2E72A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#2E72A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E72A6

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E72A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E72A6	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A74A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A68A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e72a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 114, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.106 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769ac0',
    500: '#2e72a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e72a6;
$custom-light: #769ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e72a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53342,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.15369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E72A6

secondary

#C1926F

accent

#8A48E0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E72A6

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

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