#2F8AB0#2F8AB0

#2F8AB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.101 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8AB0
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 176)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -13.81, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 30.92, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0652 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.101 230)
XYZ	xyz(18.0941, 21.9138, 44.3420)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8AB0 #B0552F

analogous

#2FB095 #2F8AB0 #2F49B0

triadic

#2F8AB0 #B02F8A #8AB02F

tetradic

#2F8AB0 #952FB0 #B0552F #49B02F

square

#2F8AB0 #952FB0 #B0552F #49B02F

split-complementary

#2F8AB0 #B02F49 #B0952F

monochromatic

#153E4F #226480 #2F8AB0 #4DA9CF #7DC0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2F8AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2F8AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8AB0

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8AB0	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#7788B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.101 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc7',
    500: '#2f8ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ab0;
$custom-light: #79acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 57.848,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59696,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.21916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8AB0

secondary

#C58D76

accent

#7447E1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8AB0

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

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