#2279A0#2279A0

#2279A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.100 H 232.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2279A0
RGB	rgb(34, 121, 160)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(199, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, -11.48, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 30.37, 247.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0603 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.1 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8397, 16.5512, 35.7162)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2279A0 #A04922

analogous

#22A088 #2279A0 #223AA0

triadic

#2279A0 #A02279 #79A022

tetradic

#2279A0 #8822A0 #A04922 #3AA022

square

#2279A0 #8822A0 #A04922 #3AA022

split-complementary

#2279A0 #A0223A #A08822

monochromatic

#0D2D3B #17536E #2279A0 #2D9FD2 #5FB6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#2279A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#2279A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2279A0

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2279A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2279A0	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6678A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2279a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 121, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.100 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#719fbc',
    500: '#2279a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2279a0;
$custom-light: #719fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2279a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54394,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2279A0

secondary

#C27B5C

accent

#7440E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2279A0

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

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