#2F8BC9#2F8BC9

#2F8BC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.126 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8BC9
RGB	rgb(47, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -5.60, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 40.07, 261.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0577 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.126 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9434, 23.2841, 58.6375)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8BC9 #C96D2F

analogous

#2FC9BA #2F8BC9 #2F3EC9

triadic

#2F8BC9 #C92F8B #8BC92F

tetradic

#2F8BC9 #BA2FC9 #C96D2F #3EC92F

square

#2F8BC9 #BA2FC9 #C96D2F #3EC92F

split-complementary

#2F8BC9 #C92F3E #C9BA2F

monochromatic

#184666 #236997 #2F8BC9 #5CA7D9 #8EC2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#2F8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#2F8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8BC9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8BC9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.126 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacd9',
    500: '#2f8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8bc9;
$custom-light: #7dacd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.156,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61203,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8BC9

secondary

#CFA385

accent

#8443E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8BC9

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

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