#2990B4#2990B4

#2990B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.105 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2990B4
RGB	rgb(41, 144, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 20%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -16.49, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 31.71, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0724 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.105 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1225, 23.7109, 46.7400)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2990B4 #B44D29

analogous

#29B492 #2990B4 #294AB4

triadic

#2990B4 #B42990 #90B429

tetradic

#2990B4 #9229B4 #B44D29 #4AB429

square

#2990B4 #9229B4 #B44D29 #4AB429

split-complementary

#2990B4 #B4294A #B49229

monochromatic

#124050 #1E6882 #2990B4 #45B0D5 #77C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#2990B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#2990B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2990B4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2990B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2990B4	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2990b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 144, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.105 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0ca',
    500: '#2990b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2990b4;
$custom-light: #78b0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2990b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61201,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2990B4

secondary

#C88771

accent

#6C42E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2990B4

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

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