#2A79C9#2A79C9

#2A79C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.145 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A79C9
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 201)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(210, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 39.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 4.59, -48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 48.47, 275.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% -0.0442 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.145 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3309, 18.3818, 57.8289)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A79C9 #C97A2A

analogous

#2AC8C9 #2A79C9 #2B2AC9

triadic

#2A79C9 #C92A79 #79C92A

tetradic

#2A79C9 #C92AC8 #C97A2A #2AC92B

square

#2A79C9 #C92AC8 #C97A2A #2AC92B

split-complementary

#2A79C9 #C92B2A #C8C92A

monochromatic

#153C64 #1F5B96 #2A79C9 #5598DB #87B6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#2A79C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#2A79C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A79C9

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A79C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A79C9	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#527FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3870C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a79c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.145 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9fda',
    500: '#2a79c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a79c9;
$custom-light: #7c9fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a79c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.189,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56916,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A79C9

secondary

#D0A87F

accent

#943FE8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FB

border

#CACCD4

text

#0B0E15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A79C9

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

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