#2A779C#2A779C

#2A779C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.094 H 233.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A779C
RGB	rgb(42, 119, 156)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 23.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, -10.72, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 28.77, 248.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% -0.0558 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.094 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5500, 16.0846, 33.8366)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A779C #9C4F2A

analogous

#2A9C88 #2A779C #2A3E9C

triadic

#2A779C #9C2A77 #779C2A

tetradic

#2A779C #882A9C #9C4F2A #3E9C2A

square

#2A779C #882A9C #9C4F2A #3E9C2A

split-complementary

#2A779C #9C2A3E #9C882A

monochromatic

#102D3C #1D526C #2A779C #399BCA #6AB3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#2A779C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#2A779C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A779C

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A779C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A779C	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65769E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a779c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 119, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.094 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739eb9',
    500: '#2a779c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a779c;
$custom-light: #739eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a779c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5391,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A779C

secondary

#BD8165

accent

#7947E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A779C

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

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