#2B799B#2B799B

#2B799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.091 H 230.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B799B
RGB	rgb(43, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, -12.07, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 27.92, 244.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0577 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.091 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7477, 16.5533, 33.4746)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B799B #9B4D2B

analogous

#2B9B85 #2B799B #2B419B

triadic

#2B799B #9B2B79 #799B2B

tetradic

#2B799B #852B9B #9B4D2B #419B2B

square

#2B799B #852B9B #9B4D2B #419B2B

split-complementary

#2B799B #9B2B41 #9B852B

monochromatic

#102E3B #1E546B #2B799B #3B9DC9 #6BB5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#2B799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#2B799B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B799B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B799B	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68779D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.091 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739fb8',
    500: '#2b799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b799b;
$custom-light: #739fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.214,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54388,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B799B

secondary

#BC8065

accent

#7648E0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B799B

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

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