#2F8AAF#2F8AAF

#2F8AAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.101 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8AAF
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -14.16, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 30.63, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0656 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.101 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9955, 21.8744, 43.8229)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8AAF #AF542F

analogous

#2FAF94 #2F8AAF #2F4AAF

triadic

#2F8AAF #AF2F8A #8AAF2F

tetradic

#2F8AAF #942FAF #AF542F #4AAF2F

square

#2F8AAF #942FAF #AF542F #4AAF2F

split-complementary

#2F8AAF #AF2F4A #AF942F

monochromatic

#153E4F #22647F #2F8AAF #4CA9CF #7CC0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2F8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2F8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8AAF

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8AAF	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.101 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc7',
    500: '#2f8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8aaf;
$custom-light: #79acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 57.658,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59649,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8AAF

secondary

#C48C75

accent

#7347E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8AAF

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

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