#2F8AB3#2F8AB3

#2F8AB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.104 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8AB3
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 179)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -12.78, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 31.86, 246.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0641 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.104 232)
XYZ	xyz(18.3942, 22.0338, 45.9226)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8AB3 #B3582F

analogous

#2FB39A #2F8AB3 #2F48B3

triadic

#2F8AB3 #B32F8A #8AB32F

tetradic

#2F8AB3 #9A2FB3 #B3582F #48B32F

square

#2F8AB3 #9A2FB3 #B3582F #48B32F

split-complementary

#2F8AB3 #B32F48 #B39A2F

monochromatic

#163F52 #226583 #2F8AB3 #4FA8D1 #7FC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2F8AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2F8AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8AB3

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8AB3	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7588B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.104 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacca',
    500: '#2f8ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ab3;
$custom-light: #7aacca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.636,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5984,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.22036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8AB3

secondary

#C69078

accent

#7646E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8AB3

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

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