#2A79A4#2A79A4

#2A79A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.101 H 236.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79A4
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 164)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, -9.04, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 31.20, 253.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% -0.055 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.101 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4904, 16.8456, 37.6026)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79A4 #A4552A

analogous

#2AA492 #2A79A4 #2A3CA4

triadic

#2A79A4 #A42A79 #79A42A

tetradic

#2A79A4 #922AA4 #A4552A #3CA42A

square

#2A79A4 #922AA4 #A4552A #3CA42A

split-complementary

#2A79A4 #A42A3C #A4922A

monochromatic

#113143 #1E5573 #2A79A4 #3E9BCD #6EB4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#2A79A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#2A79A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79A4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79A4	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6479A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.101 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759fbf',
    500: '#2a79a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79a4;
$custom-light: #759fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.148,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54809,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79A4

secondary

#C18869

accent

#7D45E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79A4

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

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