#2979A2#2979A2

#2979A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.099 H 235.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2979A2
RGB	rgb(41, 121, 162)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, -9.89, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 30.52, 251.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% -0.0562 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.099 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2708, 16.7531, 36.6570)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2979A2 #A25229

analogous

#29A28F #2979A2 #293CA2

triadic

#2979A2 #A22979 #79A229

tetradic

#2979A2 #8F29A2 #A25229 #3CA229

square

#2979A2 #8F29A2 #A25229 #3CA229

split-complementary

#2979A2 #A2293C #A28F29

monochromatic

#103040 #1D5571 #2979A2 #3B9CCD #6CB4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#2979A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#2979A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2979A2

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2979A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2979A2	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2979a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 121, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.099 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbd',
    500: '#2979a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2979a2;
$custom-light: #749fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2979a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.331,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54678,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2979A2

secondary

#C08567

accent

#7A45E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2979A2

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

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