#2A79AC#2A79AC

#2A79AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.109 H 241.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79AC
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 172)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(204, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 29.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, -6.15, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 34.49, 259.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% -0.0523 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.109 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2357, 17.1438, 41.5278)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79AC #AC5D2A

analogous

#2AAC9E #2A79AC #2A38AC

triadic

#2A79AC #AC2A79 #79AC2A

tetradic

#2A79AC #9E2AAC #AC5D2A #38AC2A

square

#2A79AC #9E2AAC #AC5D2A #38AC2A

split-complementary

#2A79AC #AC2A38 #AC9E2A

monochromatic

#12344A #1E567B #2A79AC #4299D1 #73B4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#2A79AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#2A79AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79AC

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79AC	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.109 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769fc5',
    500: '#2a79ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79ac;
$custom-light: #769fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5523,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79AC

secondary

#C4906D

accent

#8344E4

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79AC

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

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