#2F79B4#2F79B4

#2F79B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.117 H 246.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F79B4
RGB	rgb(47, 121, 180)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(207, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 32.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, -2.58, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 37.82, 266.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% -0.0471 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.117 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2447, 17.5725, 45.7069)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F79B4 #B46A2F

analogous

#2FB4AD #2F79B4 #2F36B4

triadic

#2F79B4 #B42F79 #79B42F

tetradic

#2F79B4 #AD2FB4 #B46A2F #36B42F

square

#2F79B4 #AD2FB4 #B46A2F #36B42F

split-complementary

#2F79B4 #B42F36 #B4AD2F

monochromatic

#163853 #225883 #2F79B4 #4F97D1 #80B4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#2F79B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#2F79B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2F79B4

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F79B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2F79B4	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f79b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 121, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.117 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799fcb',
    500: '#2f79b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f79b4;
$custom-light: #799fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f79b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.617,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5582,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F79B4

secondary

#C79B78

accent

#8B46E2

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F79B4

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

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