#2F72B5#2F72B5

#2F72B5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.125 H 251.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F72B5
RGB	rgb(47, 114, 181)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(210, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 37%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 2.04, -41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 41.57, 272.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% -0.0401 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.125 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5270, 15.9734, 45.9720)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F72B5 #B5722F

analogous

#2FB5B5 #2F72B5 #2F2FB5

triadic

#2F72B5 #B52F72 #72B52F

tetradic

#2F72B5 #B52FB5 #B5722F #2FB52F

square

#2F72B5 #B52FB5 #B5722F #2FB52F

split-complementary

#2F72B5 #B52F2F #B5B52F

monochromatic

#163554 #225384 #2F72B5 #5091D1 #80AFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#2F72B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#2F72B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2F72B5

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F72B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2F72B5	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5376B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f72b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 114, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.125 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799acb',
    500: '#2f72b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f72b5;
$custom-light: #799acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f72b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54239,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F72B5

secondary

#C7A079

accent

#9446E2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F72B5

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

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