#2F79A5#2F79A5

#2F79A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.100 H 238.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F79A5
RGB	rgb(47, 121, 165)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, -7.96, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 31.18, 255.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% -0.0518 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.1 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.7985, 16.9940, 38.0903)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F79A5 #A55B2F

analogous

#2FA596 #2F79A5 #2F3EA5

triadic

#2F79A5 #A52F79 #79A52F

tetradic

#2F79A5 #962FA5 #A55B2F #3EA52F

square

#2F79A5 #962FA5 #A55B2F #3EA52F

split-complementary

#2F79A5 #A52F3E #A5962F

monochromatic

#143346 #215675 #2F79A5 #4799CB #76B4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#2F79A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#2F79A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2F79A5

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F79A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2F79A5	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6479A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f79a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 121, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.100 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779fc0',
    500: '#2f79a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f79a5;
$custom-light: #779fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f79a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.373,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55013,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F79A5

secondary

#C08E70

accent

#8149DF

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F79A5

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

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