#2A79B5#2A79B5

#2A79B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.120 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79B5
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 181)
HSL	hsl(206, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(206, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 33.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, -2.86, -38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 38.56, 265.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% -0.0495 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.12 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1295, 17.5013, 46.2351)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79B5 #B5662A

analogous

#2AB5AB #2A79B5 #2A33B5

triadic

#2A79B5 #B52A79 #79B52A

tetradic

#2A79B5 #AB2AB5 #B5662A #33B52A

square

#2A79B5 #AB2AB5 #B5662A #33B52A

split-complementary

#2A79B5 #B52A33 #B5AB2A

monochromatic

#133752 #1E5883 #2A79B5 #4898D4 #79B4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#2A79B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#2A79B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A79B5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A79B5	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.120 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789fcb',
    500: '#2a79b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79b5;
$custom-light: #789fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.899,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55728,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79B5

secondary

#C89873

accent

#8942E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79B5

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

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