#2A79A2#2A79A2

#2A79A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.098 H 235.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79A2
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 162)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, -9.75, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 30.44, 251.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% -0.0557 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.098 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3112, 16.7740, 36.6589)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79A2 #A2532A

analogous

#2AA28F #2A79A2 #2A3DA2

triadic

#2A79A2 #A22A79 #79A22A

tetradic

#2A79A2 #8F2AA2 #A2532A #3DA22A

square

#2A79A2 #8F2AA2 #A2532A #3DA22A

split-complementary

#2A79A2 #A22A3D #A28F2A

monochromatic

#113041 #1D5571 #2A79A2 #3D9BCD #6DB4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#2A79A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#2A79A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79A2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79A2	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.098 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbd',
    500: '#2a79a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79a2;
$custom-light: #749fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54706,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79A2

secondary

#C08668

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79A2

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

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