#2F8BAD#2F8BAD

#2F8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.099 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8BAD
RGB	rgb(47, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -15.39, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 29.93, 239.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0673 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.099 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9447, 22.0846, 42.8441)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8BAD #AD512F

analogous

#2FAD90 #2F8BAD #2F4CAD

triadic

#2F8BAD #AD2F8B #8BAD2F

tetradic

#2F8BAD #902FAD #AD512F #4CAD2F

square

#2F8BAD #902FAD #AD512F #4CAD2F

split-complementary

#2F8BAD #AD2F4C #AD902F

monochromatic

#153E4D #22647D #2F8BAD #4BABCE #7BC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2F8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2F8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8BAD

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8BAD	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.099 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc5',
    500: '#2f8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8bad;
$custom-light: #79adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.598,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8BAD

secondary

#C48A74

accent

#7147E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8BAD

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

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