#2E79B5#2E79B5

#2E79B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.118 H 246.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E79B5
RGB	rgb(46, 121, 181)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(207, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 33.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, -2.35, -38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 38.35, 266.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0474 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.118 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3014, 17.5899, 46.2432)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E79B5 #B56A2E

analogous

#2EB5AE #2E79B5 #2E35B5

triadic

#2E79B5 #B52E79 #79B52E

tetradic

#2E79B5 #AE2EB5 #B56A2E #35B52E

square

#2E79B5 #AE2EB5 #B56A2E #35B52E

split-complementary

#2E79B5 #B52E35 #B5AE2E

monochromatic

#153853 #225884 #2E79B5 #4E97D2 #7FB4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#2E79B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#2E79B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E79B5

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E79B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E79B5	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e79b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 121, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.118 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799fcb',
    500: '#2e79b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e79b5;
$custom-light: #799fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e79b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55845,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E79B5

secondary

#C79B78

accent

#8B45E3

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E79B5

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

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