#2F78A5#2F78A5

#2F78A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.100 H 239.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F78A5
RGB	rgb(47, 120, 165)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 27.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, -7.38, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 31.50, 256.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% -0.0508 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.1 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6777, 16.7523, 38.0500)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F78A5 #A55C2F

analogous

#2FA597 #2F78A5 #2F3DA5

triadic

#2F78A5 #A52F78 #78A52F

tetradic

#2F78A5 #972FA5 #A55C2F #3DA52F

square

#2F78A5 #972FA5 #A55C2F #3DA52F

split-complementary

#2F78A5 #A52F3D #A5972F

monochromatic

#143346 #215575 #2F78A5 #4798CB #76B3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#2F78A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#2F78A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2F78A5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F78A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2F78A5	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6378A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f78a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 120, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.100 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#779ec0',
    500: '#2f78a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f78a5;
$custom-light: #779ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f78a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.881,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5477,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F78A5

secondary

#C08E70

accent

#8249DF

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F78A5

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

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