#2C79A3#2C79A3

#2C79A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.099 H 236.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C79A3
RGB	rgb(44, 121, 163)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(201, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 25.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, -9.11, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 30.65, 252.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% -0.0542 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.099 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4843, 16.8529, 37.1328)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C79A3 #A3562C

analogous

#2CA391 #2C79A3 #2C3EA3

triadic

#2C79A3 #A32C79 #79A32C

tetradic

#2C79A3 #912CA3 #A3562C #3EA32C

square

#2C79A3 #912CA3 #A3562C #3EA32C

split-complementary

#2C79A3 #A32C3E #A3912C

monochromatic

#123143 #1F5573 #2C79A3 #419BCC #71B4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#2C79A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#2C79A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C79A3

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C79A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C79A3	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6579A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c79a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 121, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.099 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759fbe',
    500: '#2c79a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c79a3;
$custom-light: #759fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c79a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54816,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C79A3

secondary

#C0896B

accent

#7D47E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C79A3

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

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