#2A79AD#2A79AD

#2A79AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.110 H 241.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79AD
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 173)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(204, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, -5.79, -34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 34.92, 260.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% -0.052 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.11 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3321, 17.1823, 42.0355)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79AD #AD5E2A

analogous

#2AADA0 #2A79AD #2A37AD

triadic

#2A79AD #AD2A79 #79AD2A

tetradic

#2A79AD #A02AAD #AD5E2A #37AD2A

square

#2A79AD #A02AAD #AD5E2A #37AD2A

split-complementary

#2A79AD #AD2A37 #ADA02A

monochromatic

#12344B #1E577C #2A79AD #4399D1 #74B4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#2A79AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#2A79AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79AD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79AD	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.110 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769fc5',
    500: '#2a79ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79ad;
$custom-light: #769fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.817,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55284,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79AD

secondary

#C5906E

accent

#8344E4

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79AD

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

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