#2978A2#2978A2

#2978A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.099 H 236.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2978A2
RGB	rgb(41, 120, 162)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, -9.31, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 30.80, 252.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% -0.0552 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.099 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1499, 16.5114, 36.6167)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2978A2 #A25329

analogous

#29A28F #2978A2 #293CA2

triadic

#2978A2 #A22978 #78A229

tetradic

#2978A2 #8F29A2 #A25329 #3CA229

square

#2978A2 #8F29A2 #A25329 #3CA229

split-complementary

#2978A2 #A2293C #A28F29

monochromatic

#103040 #1D5471 #2978A2 #3B9BCD #6CB4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#2978A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#2978A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2978A2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2978A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2978A2	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6477A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2978a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 120, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.099 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749ebd',
    500: '#2978a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2978a2;
$custom-light: #749ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2978a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.826,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54432,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2978A2

secondary

#C08667

accent

#7C45E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2978A2

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

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