#2A79A3#2A79A3

#2A79A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.100 H 236.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79A3
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 163)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, -9.39, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 30.82, 252.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% -0.0553 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.1 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4005, 16.8097, 37.1289)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79A3 #A3542A

analogous

#2AA390 #2A79A3 #2A3DA3

triadic

#2A79A3 #A32A79 #79A32A

tetradic

#2A79A3 #902AA3 #A3542A #3DA32A

square

#2A79A3 #902AA3 #A3542A #3DA32A

split-complementary

#2A79A3 #A32A3D #A3902A

monochromatic

#113142 #1D5572 #2A79A3 #3D9BCD #6EB4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#2A79A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#2A79A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79A3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79A3	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.100 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbe',
    500: '#2a79a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79a3;
$custom-light: #749fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.826,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54757,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79A3

secondary

#C08768

accent

#7C46E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79A3

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

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