#2978A6#2978A6

#2978A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.104 H 238.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2978A6
RGBrgb(41, 120, 166)
HSLhsl(202, 60%, 41%)
HSVhsv(202, 75%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(75.3%, 27.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LABlab(47.82, -7.87, -31.41)
CIE-LCHlch(47.82, 32.38, 255.94°)
OKLaboklab(54.64% -0.0538 -0.0887)
OKLCHoklch(54.64% 0.104 238.7)
XYZxyz(14.5111, 16.6558, 38.5191)
Luminance0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2978A6 #A65729
analogous
#29A695 #2978A6 #293AA6
triadic
#2978A6 #A62978 #78A629
tetradic
#2978A6 #9529A6 #A65729 #3AA629
square
#2978A6 #9529A6 #A65729 #3AA629
split-complementary
#2978A6 #A6293A #A69529
monochromatic
#113144 #1D5575 #2978A6 #3D99CF #6EB3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85
#2978A6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33
#2978A6 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2978A6
4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2978A6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2978A61.004.854.334.85
#FFFFFF4.851.0021.001.00
#0000004.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.851.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6278A8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#516CA5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2978a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 120, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.104 238.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759ec0',
    500: '#2978a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2978a6;
$custom-light: #759ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2978a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.08,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5464,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2978A6
secondary
#C28A69
accent
#7F44E4
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EEF2F7
border
#C9CCD0
text
#090E12
muted
#7B7E81

Preview Lab

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#2978A6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva