#2F87A8#2F87A8

#2F87A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.096 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F87A8
RGB	rgb(47, 135, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 19.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -14.88, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 29.10, 239.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% -0.0651 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.096 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9013, 20.7575, 40.1540)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F87A8 #A8502F

analogous

#2FA88D #2F87A8 #2F4AA8

triadic

#2F87A8 #A82F87 #87A82F

tetradic

#2F87A8 #8D2FA8 #A8502F #4AA82F

square

#2F87A8 #8D2FA8 #A8502F #4AA82F

split-complementary

#2F87A8 #A82F4A #A88D2F

monochromatic

#143A48 #226178 #2F87A8 #48A8CC #78BFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#2F87A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#2F87A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F87A8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F87A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F87A8	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6578A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f87a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 135, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.096 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aac2',
    500: '#2f87a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f87a8;
$custom-light: #78aac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f87a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58586,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F87A8

secondary

#C18771

accent

#7248E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F87A8

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

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