#2F8A9E#2F8A9E

#2F8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.089 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8A9E
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -19.84, -18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 27.06, 222.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0722 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.089 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4297, 21.2481, 35.5765)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8A9E #9E432F

analogous

#2F9E7A #2F8A9E #2F529E

triadic

#2F8A9E #9E2F8A #8A9E2F

tetradic

#2F8A9E #7A2F9E #9E432F #529E2F

square

#2F8A9E #7A2F9E #9E432F #529E2F

split-complementary

#2F8A9E #9E2F52 #9E7A2F

monochromatic

#133840 #21616F #2F8A9E #43AFC7 #72C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2F8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2F8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8A9E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8A9E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.089 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acba',
    500: '#2f8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8a9e;
$custom-light: #77acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.811,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58886,
    "c": 0.08859,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8A9E

secondary

#BD7B6C

accent

#654ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8A9E

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

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