#2F8BBD#2F8BBD

#2F8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.113 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8BBD
RGB	rgb(47, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -9.86, -33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 35.15, 253.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0616 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.113 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5866, 22.7414, 51.4915)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8BBD #BD612F

analogous

#2FBDA8 #2F8BBD #2F44BD

triadic

#2F8BBD #BD2F8B #8BBD2F

tetradic

#2F8BBD #A82FBD #BD612F #44BD2F

square

#2F8BBD #A82FBD #BD612F #44BD2F

split-complementary

#2F8BBD #BD2F44 #BDA82F

monochromatic

#17435B #23678C #2F8BBD #55A8D5 #86C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2F8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2F8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8BBD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8BBD	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.113 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacd1',
    500: '#2f8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8bbd;
$custom-light: #7bacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60576,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8BBD

secondary

#CA997E

accent

#7C44E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8BBD

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

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