#2A79A1#2A79A1

#2A79A1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.097 H 234.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79A1
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 161)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, -10.10, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 30.07, 250.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% -0.056 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.097 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2227, 16.7386, 36.1926)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79A1 #A1522A

analogous

#2AA18E #2A79A1 #2A3EA1

triadic

#2A79A1 #A12A79 #79A12A

tetradic

#2A79A1 #8E2AA1 #A1522A #3EA12A

square

#2A79A1 #8E2AA1 #A1522A #3EA12A

split-complementary

#2A79A1 #A12A3E #A18E2A

monochromatic

#113040 #1D5570 #2A79A1 #3C9CCC #6DB4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#2A79A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#2A79A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79A1

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79A1	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6678A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.097 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbd',
    500: '#2a79a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79a1;
$custom-light: #749fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.168,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54656,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79A1

secondary

#C08567

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79A1

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

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