#2B79A3#2B79A3

#2B79A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.099 H 236.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B79A3
RGB	rgb(43, 121, 163)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, -9.25, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 30.73, 252.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% -0.0548 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.099 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4419, 16.8310, 37.1308)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B79A3 #A3552B

analogous

#2BA391 #2B79A3 #2B3DA3

triadic

#2B79A3 #A32B79 #79A32B

tetradic

#2B79A3 #912BA3 #A3552B #3DA32B

square

#2B79A3 #912BA3 #A3552B #3DA32B

split-complementary

#2B79A3 #A32B3D #A3912B

monochromatic

#113142 #1E5573 #2B79A3 #3F9BCC #6FB4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#2B79A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#2B79A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B79A3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B79A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B79A3	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b79a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 121, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.099 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759fbe',
    500: '#2b79a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b79a3;
$custom-light: #759fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b79a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54786,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B79A3

secondary

#C0886A

accent

#7D46E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B79A3

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

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