#2F8AA5#2F8AA5

#2F8AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8AA5
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -17.53, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 28.16, 231.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0694 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.093 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0495, 21.4960, 38.8406)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8AA5 #A54A2F

analogous

#2FA585 #2F8AA5 #2F4FA5

triadic

#2F8AA5 #A52F8A #8AA52F

tetradic

#2F8AA5 #852FA5 #A54A2F #4FA52F

square

#2F8AA5 #852FA5 #A54A2F #4FA52F

split-complementary

#2F8AA5 #A52F4F #A5852F

monochromatic

#143A46 #216275 #2F8AA5 #47ACCB #76C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2F8AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2F8AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8AA5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8AA5	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acbf',
    500: '#2f8aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8aa5;
$custom-light: #78acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.729,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59191,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8AA5

secondary

#C08270

accent

#6B49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8AA5

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

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