#2C79AA#2C79AA

#2C79AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.106 H 240.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C79AA
RGB	rgb(44, 121, 170)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, -6.61, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 33.49, 258.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% -0.0519 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.106 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1289, 17.1108, 40.5278)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C79AA #AA5D2C

analogous

#2CAA9C #2C79AA #2C3AAA

triadic

#2C79AA #AA2C79 #79AA2C

tetradic

#2C79AA #9C2CAA #AA5D2C #3AAA2C

square

#2C79AA #9C2CAA #AA5D2C #3AAA2C

split-complementary

#2C79AA #AA2C3A #AA9C2C

monochromatic

#133449 #1F5679 #2C79AA #4499CF #75B4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#2C79AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#2C79AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C79AA

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C79AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C79AA	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c79aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 121, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.106 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#769fc3',
    500: '#2c79aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c79aa;
$custom-light: #769fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c79aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55181,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C79AA

secondary

#C3906F

accent

#8346E2

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C79AA

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

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