#2A79B4#2A79B4

#2A79B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.119 H 245.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79B4
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 180)
HSL	hsl(206, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(206, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 32.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, -3.23, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 38.09, 265.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% -0.0498 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.119 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0273, 17.4604, 45.6967)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79B4 #B4652A

analogous

#2AB4AA #2A79B4 #2A34B4

triadic

#2A79B4 #B42A79 #79B42A

tetradic

#2A79B4 #AA2AB4 #B4652A #34B42A

square

#2A79B4 #AA2AB4 #B4652A #34B42A

split-complementary

#2A79B4 #B42A34 #B4AA2A

monochromatic

#133651 #1E5882 #2A79B4 #4798D4 #79B4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#2A79B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#2A79B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79B4

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79B4	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.119 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779fcb',
    500: '#2a79b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79b4;
$custom-light: #779fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.652,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55671,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79B4

secondary

#C89772

accent

#8843E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79B4

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

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