#2F8CA0#2F8CA0

#2F8CA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.090 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CA0
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -20.25, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 27.42, 222.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0735 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.09 215)
XYZ	xyz(16.8929, 21.8966, 36.5871)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CA0 #A0432F

analogous

#2FA07B #2F8CA0 #2F54A0

triadic

#2F8CA0 #A02F8C #8CA02F

tetradic

#2F8CA0 #7B2FA0 #A0432F #54A02F

square

#2F8CA0 #7B2FA0 #A0432F #54A02F

split-complementary

#2F8CA0 #A02F54 #A07B2F

monochromatic

#133941 #216371 #2F8CA0 #44B1C8 #73C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2F8CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2F8CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CA0

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CA0	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.090 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbc',
    500: '#2f8ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ca0;
$custom-light: #77adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.619,
    "s": 54.589,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59472,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.21899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CA0

secondary

#BE7B6D

accent

#644ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CA0

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

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