#2F879B#2F879B

#2F879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.087 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F879B
RGB	rgb(47, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -19.21, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 26.51, 223.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.0703 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.087 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7502, 20.2971, 34.0916)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F879B #9B432F

analogous

#2F9B79 #2F879B #2F519B

triadic

#2F879B #9B2F87 #879B2F

tetradic

#2F879B #792F9B #9B432F #519B2F

square

#2F879B #792F9B #9B432F #519B2F

split-complementary

#2F879B #9B2F51 #9B792F

monochromatic

#13353D #215E6C #2F879B #42ADC6 #71C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2F879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2F879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F879B

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F879B	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.087 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aab8',
    500: '#2f879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f879b;
$custom-light: #76aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58006,
    "c": 0.0868,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F879B

secondary

#BB796A

accent

#664BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F879B

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

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