#2972B6#2972B6

#2972B6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.128 H 250.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2972B6
RGB	rgb(41, 114, 182)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 1.65, -42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 42.34, 272.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% -0.0433 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.128 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3721, 15.8816, 46.5022)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2972B6 #B66D29

analogous

#29B6B3 #2972B6 #292BB6

triadic

#2972B6 #B62972 #72B629

tetradic

#2972B6 #B329B6 #B66D29 #2BB629

square

#2972B6 #B329B6 #B66D29 #2BB629

split-complementary

#2972B6 #B6292B #B6B329

monochromatic

#123352 #1E5384 #2972B6 #4791D5 #79AFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#2972B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#2972B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2972B6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2972B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2972B6	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5276B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D69B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2972b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 114, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.128 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779acc',
    500: '#2972b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2972b6;
$custom-light: #779acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2972b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.936,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54113,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2972B6

secondary

#C99C72

accent

#9142E6

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F9

border

#C9CCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2972B6

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

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