#2C79AC#2C79AC

#2C79AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.109 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C79AC
RGB	rgb(44, 121, 172)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, -5.89, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 34.36, 260.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% -0.0512 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.109 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3196, 17.1870, 41.5318)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C79AC #AC5F2C

analogous

#2CAC9F #2C79AC #2C39AC

triadic

#2C79AC #AC2C79 #79AC2C

tetradic

#2C79AC #9F2CAC #AC5F2C #39AC2C

square

#2C79AC #9F2CAC #AC5F2C #39AC2C

split-complementary

#2C79AC #AC2C39 #AC9F2C

monochromatic

#13344B #20577B #2C79AC #4699D0 #76B4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#2C79AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#2C79AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C79AC

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C79AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C79AC	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c79ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 121, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.109 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779fc5',
    500: '#2c79ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c79ac;
$custom-light: #779fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c79ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.906,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55288,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C79AC

secondary

#C49170

accent

#8445E2

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C79AC

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

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