#2A79A8#2A79A8

#2A79A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.105 H 239.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79A8
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 168)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(202, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 28%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, -7.60, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 32.80, 256.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% -0.0536 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.105 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8573, 16.9924, 39.5350)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79A8 #A8592A

analogous

#2AA898 #2A79A8 #2A3AA8

triadic

#2A79A8 #A82A79 #79A82A

tetradic

#2A79A8 #982AA8 #A8592A #3AA82A

square

#2A79A8 #982AA8 #A8592A #3AA82A

split-complementary

#2A79A8 #A82A3A #A8982A

monochromatic

#123246 #1E5677 #2A79A8 #409ACF #71B4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#2A79A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#2A79A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79A8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79A8	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6379AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.105 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759fc2',
    500: '#2a79a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79a8;
$custom-light: #759fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.381,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55017,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79A8

secondary

#C38C6B

accent

#8045E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79A8

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

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