#2F72B3#2F72B3

#2F72B3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.122 H 250.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2F72B3
RGBrgb(47, 114, 179)
HSLhsl(210, 58%, 44%)
HSVhsv(210, 74%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(73.7%, 36.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(46.83, 1.30, -40.53)
CIE-LCHlch(46.83, 40.55, 271.84°)
OKLaboklab(54.12% -0.0406 -0.1153)
OKLCHoklch(54.12% 0.122 250.6)
XYZxyz(15.3232, 15.8919, 44.8990)
Luminance0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2F72B3 #B3702F
analogous
#2FB3B2 #2F72B3 #2F30B3
triadic
#2F72B3 #B32F72 #72B32F
tetradic
#2F72B3 #B22FB3 #B3702F #30B32F
square
#2F72B3 #B22FB3 #B3702F #30B32F
split-complementary
#2F72B3 #B32F30 #B3B22F
monochromatic
#163452 #225383 #2F72B3 #4F91D1 #7FAFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03
#2F72B3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18
#2F72B3 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2F72B3
5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2F72B3#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2F72B31.005.034.185.03
#FFFFFF5.031.0021.001.00
#0000004.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.031.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5476B6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4169B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00818A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2f72b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 114, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.122 250.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799aca',
    500: '#2f72b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2f72b3;
$custom-light: #799aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2f72b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.545,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5412,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2F72B3
secondary
#C69E78
accent
#9346E2
background
#F7F9FC
surface
#EEF2F8
border
#C9CCD1
text
#0A0E13
muted
#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F72B3

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#2F72B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva