#2A79A9#2A79A9

#2A79A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.106 H 239.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79A9
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 169)
HSL	hsl(203, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(203, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, -7.24, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 33.21, 257.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% -0.0533 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.106 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9508, 17.0298, 40.0275)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79A9 #A95A2A

analogous

#2AA99A #2A79A9 #2A3AA9

triadic

#2A79A9 #A92A79 #79A92A

tetradic

#2A79A9 #9A2AA9 #A95A2A #3AA92A

square

#2A79A9 #9A2AA9 #A95A2A #3AA92A

split-complementary

#2A79A9 #A92A3A #A99A2A

monochromatic

#123347 #1E5678 #2A79A9 #419AD0 #72B4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#2A79A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#2A79A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79A9

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79A9	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6379AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.106 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759fc3',
    500: '#2a79a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79a9;
$custom-light: #759fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.677,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5507,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79A9

secondary

#C38D6C

accent

#8144E3

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79A9

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

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