#2979A5#2979A5

#2979A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.102 H 237.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2979A5
RGBrgb(41, 121, 165)
HSLhsl(201, 60%, 40%)
HSVhsv(201, 75%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(75.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(48.08, -8.81, -30.42)
CIE-LCHlch(48.08, 31.67, 253.84°)
OKLaboklab(54.83% -0.0552 -0.0858)
OKLCHoklch(54.83% 0.102 237.3)
XYZxyz(14.5407, 16.8611, 38.0782)
Luminance0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2979A5 #A55529
analogous
#29A593 #2979A5 #293BA5
triadic
#2979A5 #A52979 #79A529
tetradic
#2979A5 #9329A5 #A55529 #3BA529
square
#2979A5 #9329A5 #A55529 #3BA529
split-complementary
#2979A5 #A5293B #A59329
monochromatic
#113143 #1D5574 #2979A5 #3D9BCF #6EB4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80
#2979A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37
#2979A5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2979A5
4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2979A5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2979A51.004.804.374.80
#FFFFFF4.801.0021.001.00
#0000004.3721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.801.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6479A7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#536DA4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2979a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 121, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.102 237.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fc0',
    500: '#2979a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2979a5;
$custom-light: #749fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2979a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54832,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2979A5
secondary
#C28868
accent
#7D44E3
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EEF2F7
border
#C9CCD0
text
#090E12
muted
#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2979A5

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#2979A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva