#2979C5#2979C5

#2979C5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.140 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2979C5
RGB	rgb(41, 121, 197)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(209, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 38.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 2.98, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 46.45, 273.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% -0.0457 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.14 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8260, 18.1752, 55.3812)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2979C5 #C57529

analogous

#29C5C3 #2979C5 #292BC5

triadic

#2979C5 #C52979 #79C529

tetradic

#2979C5 #C329C5 #C57529 #2BC529

square

#2979C5 #C329C5 #C57529 #2BC529

split-complementary

#2979C5 #C5292B #C5C329

monochromatic

#143B60 #1E5A92 #2979C5 #5197DB #83B5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#2979C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#2979C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2979C5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2979C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2979C5	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C70C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2979c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 121, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.140 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9fd7',
    500: '#2979c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2979c5;
$custom-light: #7b9fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2979c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56643,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2979C5

secondary

#CEA47C

accent

#923FE8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2979C5

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

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