#2C799B#2C799B

#2C799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.091 H 231.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C799B
RGB	rgb(44, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, -11.92, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 27.81, 244.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% -0.0571 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.091 231)
XYZ	xyz(13.7901, 16.5752, 33.4766)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C799B #9B4E2C

analogous

#2C9B86 #2C799B #2C429B

triadic

#2C799B #9B2C79 #799B2C

tetradic

#2C799B #862C9B #9B4E2C #429B2C

square

#2C799B #862C9B #9B4E2C #429B2C

split-complementary

#2C799B #9B2C42 #9B862C

monochromatic

#112F3C #1E546B #2C799B #3C9DC8 #6CB5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#2C799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#2C799B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C799B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C799B	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68779D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.091 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fb8',
    500: '#2c799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c799b;
$custom-light: #749fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.378,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54418,
    "c": 0.09076,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.16577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C799B

secondary

#BC8167

accent

#7749DF

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C799B

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

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