#2F8BAC#2F8BAC

#2F8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.098 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8BAC
RGB	rgb(47, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -15.73, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 29.67, 237.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0677 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.098 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8483, 22.0461, 42.3364)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8BAC #AC502F

analogous

#2FAC8E #2F8BAC #2F4CAC

triadic

#2F8BAC #AC2F8B #8BAC2F

tetradic

#2F8BAC #8E2FAC #AC502F #4CAC2F

square

#2F8BAC #8E2FAC #AC502F #4CAC2F

split-complementary

#2F8BAC #AC2F4C #AC8E2F

monochromatic

#153D4C #22647C #2F8BAC #4BABCE #7BC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2F8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2F8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8BAC

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8BAC	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)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.098 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc4',
    500: '#2f8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8bac;
$custom-light: #79adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.84,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59754,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8BAC

secondary

#C38974

accent

#7047E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8BAC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →