#2979A6#2979A6

#2979A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.103 H 237.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2979A6
RGB	rgb(41, 121, 166)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(202, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, -8.45, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 32.06, 254.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.88% -0.0548 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(54.88% 0.103 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6320, 16.8976, 38.5594)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2979A6 #A65629

analogous

#29A694 #2979A6 #293BA6

triadic

#2979A6 #A62979 #79A629

tetradic

#2979A6 #9429A6 #A65629 #3BA629

square

#2979A6 #9429A6 #A65629 #3BA629

split-complementary

#2979A6 #A6293B #A69429

monochromatic

#113144 #1D5575 #2979A6 #3D9BCF #6EB4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#2979A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#2979A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2979A6

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2979A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2979A6	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6479A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2979a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 121, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.103 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759fc0',
    500: '#2979a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2979a6;
$custom-light: #759fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2979a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54884,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2979A6

secondary

#C28969

accent

#7E44E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2979A6

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

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