#2B79A8#2B79A8

#2B79A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.104 H 239.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B79A8
RGB	rgb(43, 121, 168)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 28%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, -7.47, -31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 32.72, 256.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% -0.0531 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.104 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8987, 17.0138, 39.5370)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B79A8 #A85A2B

analogous

#2BA899 #2B79A8 #2B3BA8

triadic

#2B79A8 #A82B79 #79A82B

tetradic

#2B79A8 #992BA8 #A85A2B #3BA82B

square

#2B79A8 #992BA8 #A85A2B #3BA82B

split-complementary

#2B79A8 #A82B3B #A8992B

monochromatic

#123347 #1F5677 #2B79A8 #429ACF #72B4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#2B79A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#2B79A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B79A8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B79A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B79A8	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6379AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b79a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 121, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.104 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769fc2',
    500: '#2b79a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b79a8;
$custom-light: #769fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b79a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.56,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55046,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B79A8

secondary

#C28D6C

accent

#8045E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B79A8

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

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