#2F8AAA#2F8AAA

#2F8AAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.096 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8AAA
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -15.86, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 29.27, 237.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0674 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.096 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5135, 21.6816, 41.2844)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8AAA #AA4F2F

analogous

#2FAA8D #2F8AAA #2F4CAA

triadic

#2F8AAA #AA2F8A #8AAA2F

tetradic

#2F8AAA #8D2FAA #AA4F2F #4CAA2F

square

#2F8AAA #8D2FAA #AA4F2F #4CAA2F

split-complementary

#2F8AAA #AA2F4C #AA8D2F

monochromatic

#143C4A #22637A #2F8AAA #49ABCD #79C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2F8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2F8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8AAA

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8AAA	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.096 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc3',
    500: '#2f8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8aaa;
$custom-light: #78acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.61,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59416,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8AAA

secondary

#C28772

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8AAA

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

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