#2A79C8#2A79C8

#2A79C8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.144 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79C8
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(210, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 4.21, -47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 47.95, 275.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0445 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.144 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2136, 18.3349, 57.2114)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79C8 #C8792A

analogous

#2AC8C8 #2A79C8 #2A2AC8

triadic

#2A79C8 #C82A79 #79C82A

tetradic

#2A79C8 #C82AC8 #C8792A #2AC82A

square

#2A79C8 #C82AC8 #C8792A #2AC82A

split-complementary

#2A79C8 #C82A2A #C8C82A

monochromatic

#153C63 #1F5A95 #2A79C8 #5498DB #87B6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#2A79C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#2A79C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A79C8

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A79C8	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#537ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3970C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.144 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9fd9',
    500: '#2a79c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79c8;
$custom-light: #7b9fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56854,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79C8

secondary

#CFA77F

accent

#9440E8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0B0E15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79C8

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

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