#2F8BAE#2F8BAE

#2F8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.099 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8BAE
RGB	rgb(47, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -15.05, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 30.19, 240.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% -0.0669 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.099 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0418, 22.1235, 43.3556)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8BAE #AE522F

analogous

#2FAE91 #2F8BAE #2F4CAE

triadic

#2F8BAE #AE2F8B #8BAE2F

tetradic

#2F8BAE #912FAE #AE522F #4CAE2F

square

#2F8BAE #912FAE #AE522F #4CAE2F

split-complementary

#2F8BAE #AE2F4C #AE912F

monochromatic

#153E4E #22657E #2F8BAE #4CAACF #7CC1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2F8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2F8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8BAE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8BAE	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.099 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc6',
    500: '#2f8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8bae;
$custom-light: #79adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.535,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59847,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8BAE

secondary

#C48B75

accent

#7147E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8BAE

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

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