#2979A3#2979A3

#2979A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.100 H 236.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2979A3
RGB	rgb(41, 121, 163)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, -9.53, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 30.90, 252.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% -0.0559 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.1 236)
XYZ	xyz(14.3601, 16.7888, 37.1270)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2979A3 #A35329

analogous

#29A390 #2979A3 #293CA3

triadic

#2979A3 #A32979 #79A329

tetradic

#2979A3 #9029A3 #A35329 #3CA329

square

#2979A3 #9029A3 #A35329 #3CA329

split-complementary

#2979A3 #A3293C #A39029

monochromatic

#103041 #1D5572 #2979A3 #3B9BCE #6CB4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#2979A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#2979A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2979A3

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2979A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2979A3	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2979a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 121, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.100 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbe',
    500: '#2979a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2979a3;
$custom-light: #749fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2979a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 59.804,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54729,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.16791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2979A3

secondary

#C18667

accent

#7B45E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2979A3

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

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