#2B79C9#2B79C9

#2B79C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.144 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B79C9
RGB	rgb(43, 121, 201)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(210, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 39.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 4.69, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 48.44, 275.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.0437 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.145 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3723, 18.4032, 57.8309)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B79C9 #C97B2B

analogous

#2BC8C9 #2B79C9 #2C2BC9

triadic

#2B79C9 #C92B79 #79C92B

tetradic

#2B79C9 #C92BC8 #C97B2B #2BC92C

square

#2B79C9 #C92BC8 #C97B2B #2BC92C

split-complementary

#2B79C9 #C92C2B #C8C92B

monochromatic

#153C64 #205B97 #2B79C9 #5698DB #89B7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#2B79C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#2B79C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B79C9

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B79C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B79C9	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#527FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3970C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b79c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 121, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.144 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9fda',
    500: '#2b79c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b79c9;
$custom-light: #7c9fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b79c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.38,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56944,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B79C9

secondary

#CFA880

accent

#9540E8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FB

border

#CACCD4

text

#0B0E15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B79C9

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

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