#2F8A9D#2F8A9D

#2F8A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.088 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8A9D
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -20.16, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 26.95, 221.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0727 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.088 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3440, 21.2138, 35.1250)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8A9D #9D422F

analogous

#2F9D79 #2F8A9D #2F539D

triadic

#2F8A9D #9D2F8A #8A9D2F

tetradic

#2F8A9D #792F9D #9D422F #539D2F

square

#2F8A9D #792F9D #9D422F #539D2F

split-complementary

#2F8A9D #9D2F53 #9D792F

monochromatic

#13373F #21616E #2F8A9D #43B0C7 #72C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2F8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#2F8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8A9D

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8A9D	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.088 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acba',
    500: '#2f8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8a9d;
$custom-light: #77acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.364,
    "s": 53.922,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58844,
    "c": 0.08809,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8A9D

secondary

#BC796B

accent

#644BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8A9D

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

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