#2972E2#2972E2

#2972E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.185 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2972E2
RGB	rgb(41, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(216, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 18.32, -63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 65.79, 286.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% -0.0347 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.185 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6542, 17.9945, 74.3215)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2972E2 #E29929

analogous

#29CFE2 #2972E2 #3C29E2

triadic

#2972E2 #E22972 #72E229

tetradic

#2972E2 #E229CF #E29929 #29E23C

square

#2972E2 #E229CF #E29929 #29E23C

split-complementary

#2972E2 #E23C29 #CFE229

monochromatic

#113D7F #1956B5 #2972E2 #5F96E9 #95B9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#2972E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#2972E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2972E2

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2972E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2972E2	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2972e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.185 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8199ec',
    500: '#2972e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2972e2;
$custom-light: #8199ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2972e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.324,
    "s": 76.132,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57042,
    "c": 0.18522,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2972E2

secondary

#DCBC8B

accent

#A835F3

background

#F8F9FE

surface

#F0F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0C0D16

muted

#7D7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2972E2

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

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