#2E79B6#2E79B6

#2E79B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.120 H 246.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E79B6
RGB	rgb(46, 121, 182)
HSL	hsl(207, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(207, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, -1.99, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 38.82, 267.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% -0.0471 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.12 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4044, 17.6311, 46.7855)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E79B6 #B66B2E

analogous

#2EB6AF #2E79B6 #2E35B6

triadic

#2E79B6 #B62E79 #79B62E

tetradic

#2E79B6 #AF2EB6 #B66B2E #35B62E

square

#2E79B6 #AF2EB6 #B66B2E #35B62E

split-complementary

#2E79B6 #B62E35 #B6AF2E

monochromatic

#153854 #225985 #2E79B6 #4F97D2 #80B4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#2E79B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#2E79B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E79B6

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E79B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E79B6	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e79b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 121, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.120 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799fcc',
    500: '#2e79b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e79b6;
$custom-light: #799fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e79b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.912,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55901,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E79B6

secondary

#C89C78

accent

#8C45E3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E79B6

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

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