#2A799B#2A799B

#2A799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.092 H 230.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A799B
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, -12.22, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 28.02, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% -0.0582 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.092 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7062, 16.5320, 33.4726)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A799B #9B4C2A

analogous

#2A9B84 #2A799B #2A409B

triadic

#2A799B #9B2A79 #799B2A

tetradic

#2A799B #842A9B #9B4C2A #409B2A

square

#2A799B #842A9B #9B4C2A #409B2A

split-complementary

#2A799B #9B2A40 #9B842A

monochromatic

#102E3B #1D536B #2A799B #399EC9 #69B5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#2A799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#2A799B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A799B

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A799B	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68779D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.092 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739fb8',
    500: '#2a799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a799b;
$custom-light: #739fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54358,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A799B

secondary

#BD7F64

accent

#7547E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A799B

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

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