#2997B9#2997B9

#2997B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.107 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2997B9
RGB	rgb(41, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -18.56, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 32.20, 234.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0773 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.107 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7344, 26.1049, 49.8355)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2997B9 #B94B29

analogous

#29B993 #2997B9 #294FB9

triadic

#2997B9 #B92997 #97B929

tetradic

#2997B9 #9329B9 #B94B29 #4FB929

square

#2997B9 #9329B9 #B94B29 #4FB929

split-complementary

#2997B9 #B9294F #B99329

monochromatic

#134555 #1E6E87 #2997B9 #49B5D7 #7BC9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#2997B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#2997B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2997B9

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2997B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2997B9	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2997b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.107 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5ce',
    500: '#2997b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2997b9;
$custom-light: #7ab5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2997b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63143,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2997B9

secondary

#CA8874

accent

#6841E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2997B9

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

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