#2972A4#2972A4

#2972A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.106 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2972A4
RGB	rgb(41, 114, 164)
HSL	hsl(204, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 30.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, -5.04, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 33.65, 261.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.07% -0.0486 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(53.07% 0.106 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6300, 15.1848, 37.3274)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2972A4 #A45B29

analogous

#29A498 #2972A4 #2935A4

triadic

#2972A4 #A42972 #72A429

tetradic

#2972A4 #9829A4 #A45B29 #35A429

square

#2972A4 #9829A4 #A45B29 #35A429

split-complementary

#2972A4 #A42935 #A49829

monochromatic

#112E42 #1D5073 #2972A4 #3C93CE #6DAEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#2972A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#2972A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2972A4

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2972A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2972A4	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B73A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A67A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2972a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 114, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.106 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749abf',
    500: '#2972a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2972a4;
$custom-light: #749abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2972a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.39,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53073,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2972A4

secondary

#C18C68

accent

#8545E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2972A4

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

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