#2F8AAC#2F8AAC

#2F8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.098 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8AAC
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -15.18, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 29.79, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0667 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.098 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7041, 21.7578, 42.2883)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8AAC #AC512F

analogous

#2FAC8F #2F8AAC #2F4BAC

triadic

#2F8AAC #AC2F8A #8AAC2F

tetradic

#2F8AAC #8F2FAC #AC512F #4BAC2F

square

#2F8AAC #8F2FAC #AC512F #4BAC2F

split-complementary

#2F8AAC #AC2F4B #AC8F2F

monochromatic

#153D4C #22637C #2F8AAC #4BAACE #7BC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2F8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2F8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8AAC

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8AAC	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.098 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc4',
    500: '#2f8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8aac;
$custom-light: #79acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59509,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8AAC

secondary

#C38974

accent

#7147E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8AAC

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

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