#2980B6#2980B6

#2980B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.116 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2980B6
RGB	rgb(41, 128, 182)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(203, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 29.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, -6.76, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 36.31, 259.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0563 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.116 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0738, 19.2851, 47.0694)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2980B6 #B65F29

analogous

#29B6A5 #2980B6 #2939B6

triadic

#2980B6 #B62980 #80B629

tetradic

#2980B6 #A529B6 #B65F29 #39B629

square

#2980B6 #A529B6 #B65F29 #39B629

split-complementary

#2980B6 #B62939 #B6A529

monochromatic

#123A52 #1E5D84 #2980B6 #479FD5 #79B9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#2980B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#2980B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2980B6

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2980B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2980B6	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6781B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5374B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2980b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 128, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.116 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a4cc',
    500: '#2980b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2980b6;
$custom-light: #78a4cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2980b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57423,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2980B6

secondary

#C99372

accent

#8142E6

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2980B6

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

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