#2972B3#2972B3

#2972B3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.124 H 249.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2972B3
RGB	rgb(41, 114, 179)
HSL	hsl(208, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(208, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 36.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 0.52, -40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 40.83, 270.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% -0.0441 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.124 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0654, 15.7589, 44.8869)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2972B3 #B36A29

analogous

#29B3AF #2972B3 #292DB3

triadic

#2972B3 #B32972 #72B329

tetradic

#2972B3 #AF29B3 #B36A29 #2DB329

square

#2972B3 #AF29B3 #B36A29 #2DB329

split-complementary

#2972B3 #B3292D #B3AF29

monochromatic

#12334F #1E5281 #2972B3 #4591D4 #77AEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#2972B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#2972B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2972B3

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2972B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2972B3	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F69B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2972b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 114, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.124 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779aca',
    500: '#2972b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2972b3;
$custom-light: #779aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2972b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.261,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53932,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2972B3

secondary

#C79970

accent

#8F42E6

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2972B3

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

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