#2973B6#2973B6

#2973B6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.127 H 249.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2973B6
RGB	rgb(41, 115, 182)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(209, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 36.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 1.03, -41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 41.85, 271.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% -0.0442 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.127 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4855, 16.1085, 46.5400)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2973B6 #B66C29

analogous

#29B6B2 #2973B6 #292CB6

triadic

#2973B6 #B62973 #73B629

tetradic

#2973B6 #B229B6 #B66C29 #2CB629

square

#2973B6 #B229B6 #B66C29 #2CB629

split-complementary

#2973B6 #B6292C #B6B229

monochromatic

#123452 #1E5384 #2973B6 #4792D5 #79AFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#2973B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#2973B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2973B6

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2973B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2973B6	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5477B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2973b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 115, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.127 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779acc',
    500: '#2973b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2973b6;
$custom-light: #779acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2973b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.511,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54346,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2973B6

secondary

#C99B72

accent

#9042E6

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F9

border

#C9CCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2973B6

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

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