#2979A9#2979A9

#2979A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.106 H 239.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2979A9
RGB	rgb(41, 121, 169)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(203, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 28.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, -7.37, -32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 33.28, 257.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% -0.0538 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.106 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9104, 17.0090, 40.0257)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2979A9 #A95929

analogous

#29A999 #2979A9 #2939A9

triadic

#2979A9 #A92979 #79A929

tetradic

#2979A9 #9929A9 #A95929 #39A929

square

#2979A9 #9929A9 #A95929 #39A929

split-complementary

#2979A9 #A92939 #A99929

monochromatic

#113246 #1D5678 #2979A9 #3F9AD0 #70B4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#2979A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#2979A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2979A9

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2979A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2979A9	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6279AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2979a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 121, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.106 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#759fc3',
    500: '#2979a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2979a9;
$custom-light: #759fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2979a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55042,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2979A9

secondary

#C38C6A

accent

#8044E4

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2979A9

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

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