#2979A0#2979A0

#2979A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.097 H 234.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2979A0
RGB	rgb(41, 121, 160)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, -10.60, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 29.80, 249.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% -0.0569 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.097 234)
XYZ	xyz(14.0945, 16.6826, 35.7281)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2979A0 #A05029

analogous

#29A08C #2979A0 #293EA0

triadic

#2979A0 #A02979 #79A029

tetradic

#2979A0 #8C29A0 #A05029 #3EA029

square

#2979A0 #8C29A0 #A05029 #3EA029

split-complementary

#2979A0 #A0293E #A08C29

monochromatic

#102F3F #1D546F #2979A0 #3A9CCC #6AB5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#2979A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#2979A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2979A0

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2979A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2979A0	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6678A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2979a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 121, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.097 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbc',
    500: '#2979a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2979a0;
$custom-light: #749fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2979a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.664,
    "s": 59.204,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54576,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.16684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2979A0

secondary

#BF8365

accent

#7945E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2979A0

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

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