#2F8BA5#2F8BA5

#2F8BA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8BA5
RGB	rgb(47, 139, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -18.07, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 28.13, 230.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0704 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.093 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1936, 21.7842, 38.8886)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8BA5 #A5492F

analogous

#2FA584 #2F8BA5 #2F50A5

triadic

#2F8BA5 #A52F8B #8BA52F

tetradic

#2F8BA5 #842FA5 #A5492F #50A52F

square

#2F8BA5 #842FA5 #A5492F #50A52F

split-complementary

#2F8BA5 #A52F50 #A5842F

monochromatic

#143B46 #216375 #2F8BA5 #47ADCB #76C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2F8BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#2F8BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8BA5

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8BA5	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 139, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adbf',
    500: '#2f8ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ba5;
$custom-light: #78adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.22,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59439,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8BA5

secondary

#C08170

accent

#6A49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8BA5

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

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