#2F8AAE#2F8AAE

#2F8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.100 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8AAE
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -14.50, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 30.34, 241.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0659 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.1 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8977, 21.8352, 43.3075)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8AAE #AE532F

analogous

#2FAE92 #2F8AAE #2F4AAE

triadic

#2F8AAE #AE2F8A #8AAE2F

tetradic

#2F8AAE #922FAE #AE532F #4AAE2F

square

#2F8AAE #922FAE #AE532F #4AAE2F

split-complementary

#2F8AAE #AE2F4A #AE922F

monochromatic

#153E4E #22647E #2F8AAE #4CA9CF #7CC0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2F8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2F8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8AAE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8AAE	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.100 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc6',
    500: '#2f8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8aae;
$custom-light: #79acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.008,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59602,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8AAE

secondary

#C48B75

accent

#7347E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8AAE

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

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