#2279A9#2279A9

#2279A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.109 H 238.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2279A9
RGB	rgb(34, 121, 169)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, -8.20, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 33.74, 255.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% -0.0571 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.109 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6556, 16.8776, 40.0137)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2279A9 #A95222

analogous

#22A995 #2279A9 #2236A9

triadic

#2279A9 #A92279 #79A922

tetradic

#2279A9 #9522A9 #A95222 #36A922

square

#2279A9 #9522A9 #A95222 #36A922

split-complementary

#2279A9 #A92236 #A99522

monochromatic

#0D3043 #185576 #2279A9 #329CD6 #65B4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#2279A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#2279A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2279A9

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2279A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2279A9	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6279AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2279a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 121, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.109 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739fc3',
    500: '#2279a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2279a9;
$custom-light: #739fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2279a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54862,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2279A9

secondary

#C58561

accent

#7B3EE9

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2279A9

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

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