#2F8A9F#2F8A9F

#2F8A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.089 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8A9F
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -19.51, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 27.18, 224.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0718 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.089 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5162, 21.2826, 36.0317)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8A9F #9F442F

analogous

#2F9F7C #2F8A9F #2F529F

triadic

#2F8A9F #9F2F8A #8A9F2F

tetradic

#2F8A9F #7C2F9F #9F442F #529F2F

square

#2F8A9F #7C2F9F #9F442F #529F2F

split-complementary

#2F8A9F #9F2F52 #9F7C2F

monochromatic

#133841 #216170 #2F8A9F #44AFC8 #73C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2F8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#2F8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8A9F

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8A9F	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.089 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acbb',
    500: '#2f8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8a9f;
$custom-light: #77acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58929,
    "c": 0.08912,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8A9F

secondary

#BD7C6D

accent

#664ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8A9F

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

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