#2A79A0#2A79A0

#2A79A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.096 H 234.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79A0
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 160)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, -10.46, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 29.71, 249.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% -0.0564 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.096 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1349, 16.7034, 35.7300)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79A0 #A0512A

analogous

#2AA08C #2A79A0 #2A3EA0

triadic

#2A79A0 #A02A79 #79A02A

tetradic

#2A79A0 #8C2AA0 #A0512A #3EA02A

square

#2A79A0 #8C2AA0 #A0512A #3EA02A

split-complementary

#2A79A0 #A02A3E #A08C2A

monochromatic

#11303F #1D5470 #2A79A0 #3C9CCC #6CB5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#2A79A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#2A79A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79A0

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79A0	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6678A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.096 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbc',
    500: '#2a79a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79a0;
$custom-light: #749fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.831,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54605,
    "c": 0.09646,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79A0

secondary

#BF8467

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79A0

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

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