#2979A4#2979A4

#2979A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.101 H 236.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2979A4
RGB	rgb(41, 121, 164)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 26.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, -9.17, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 31.28, 252.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% -0.0555 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.101 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4500, 16.8248, 37.6007)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2979A4 #A45429

analogous

#29A492 #2979A4 #293BA4

triadic

#2979A4 #A42979 #79A429

tetradic

#2979A4 #9229A4 #A45429 #3BA429

square

#2979A4 #9229A4 #A45429 #3BA429

split-complementary

#2979A4 #A4293B #A49229

monochromatic

#113142 #1D5573 #2979A4 #3C9BCE #6DB4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#2979A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#2979A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2979A4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2979A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2979A4	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6479A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2979a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 121, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.101 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fbf',
    500: '#2979a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2979a4;
$custom-light: #749fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2979a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.976,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5478,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2979A4

secondary

#C18768

accent

#7C45E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2979A4

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

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