#2979C4#2979C4

#2979C4 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.139 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2979C4
RGB	rgb(41, 121, 196)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(209, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 38.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 2.60, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 45.95, 273.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.0459 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.139 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7118, 18.1296, 54.7797)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2979C4 #C47429

analogous

#29C4C2 #2979C4 #292CC4

triadic

#2979C4 #C42979 #79C429

tetradic

#2979C4 #C229C4 #C47429 #2CC429

square

#2979C4 #C229C4 #C47429 #2CC429

split-complementary

#2979C4 #C4292C #C4C229

monochromatic

#143B5F #1E5A91 #2979C4 #5097DA #82B5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#2979C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#2979C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2979C4

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2979C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2979C4	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D70C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2979c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 121, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.139 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a9fd6',
    500: '#2979c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2979c4;
$custom-light: #7a9fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2979c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.032,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56582,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2979C4

secondary

#CEA37B

accent

#913FE8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2979C4

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

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