#2B79B0#2B79B0

#2B79B0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.114 H 243.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B79B0
RGBrgb(43, 121, 176)
HSLhsl(205, 61%, 43%)
HSVhsv(205, 76%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(75.6%, 31.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LABlab(48.66, -4.57, -35.91)
CIE-LCHlch(48.66, 36.20, 262.75°)
OKLaboklab(55.48% -0.0505 -0.1017)
OKLCHoklch(55.48% 0.114 243.6)
XYZxyz(15.6671, 17.3211, 43.5835)
Luminance0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B79B0 #B0622B
analogous
#2BB0A4 #2B79B0 #2B36B0
triadic
#2B79B0 #B02B79 #79B02B
tetradic
#2B79B0 #A42BB0 #B0622B #36B02B
square
#2B79B0 #A42BB0 #B0622B #36B02B
split-complementary
#2B79B0 #B02B36 #B0A42B
monochromatic
#13354E #1F577F #2B79B0 #4698D2 #78B4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70
#2B79B0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46
#2B79B0 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B79B0
4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B79B0#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2B79B01.004.704.464.70
#FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00
#0000004.4621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#607AB2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4D6EAF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00868C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b79b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 121, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.114 243.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779fc8',
    500: '#2b79b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b79b0;
$custom-light: #779fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b79b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.812,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55477,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B79B0
secondary
#C69471
accent
#8644E4
background
#F7F9FC
surface
#EEF2F8
border
#C9CCD1
text
#0A0E13
muted
#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B79B0

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#2B79B0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva