#2B79B5#2B79B5

#2B79B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.120 H 245.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B79B5
RGB	rgb(43, 121, 181)
HSL	hsl(206, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(206, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 33.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, -2.74, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 38.51, 265.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% -0.049 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.12 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1709, 17.5226, 46.2370)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B79B5 #B5672B

analogous

#2BB5AC #2B79B5 #2B34B5

triadic

#2B79B5 #B52B79 #79B52B

tetradic

#2B79B5 #AC2BB5 #B5672B #34B52B

square

#2B79B5 #AC2BB5 #B5672B #34B52B

split-complementary

#2B79B5 #B52B34 #B5AC2B

monochromatic

#143752 #1F5884 #2B79B5 #4998D4 #7BB4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#2B79B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#2B79B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B79B5

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B79B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B79B5	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b79b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 121, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.120 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789fcb',
    500: '#2b79b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b79b5;
$custom-light: #789fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b79b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55756,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B79B5

secondary

#C89874

accent

#8943E5

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B79B5

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

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