#2A79B0#2A79B0

#2A79B0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.114 H 243.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79B0
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 176)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(205, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 31.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, -4.69, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 36.26, 262.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% -0.051 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.114 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6257, 17.2997, 43.5815)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79B0 #B0612A

analogous

#2AB0A4 #2A79B0 #2A36B0

triadic

#2A79B0 #B02A79 #79B02A

tetradic

#2A79B0 #A42AB0 #B0612A #36B02A

square

#2A79B0 #A42AB0 #B0612A #36B02A

split-complementary

#2A79B0 #B02A36 #B0A42A

monochromatic

#12354D #1E577F #2A79B0 #4598D3 #76B4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#2A79B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#2A79B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79B0

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79B0	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.114 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779fc8',
    500: '#2a79b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79b0;
$custom-light: #779fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.627,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55448,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79B0

secondary

#C69370

accent

#8543E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79B0

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

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