#2F8CA5#2F8CA5

#2F8CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.093 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CA5
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -18.61, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 28.12, 228.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0715 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.093 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3391, 22.0751, 38.9371)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CA5 #A5482F

analogous

#2FA583 #2F8CA5 #2F51A5

triadic

#2F8CA5 #A52F8C #8CA52F

tetradic

#2F8CA5 #832FA5 #A5482F #51A52F

square

#2F8CA5 #832FA5 #A5482F #51A52F

split-complementary

#2F8CA5 #A52F51 #A5832F

monochromatic

#143B46 #216475 #2F8CA5 #47AFCB #76C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2F8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2F8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CA5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CA5	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)

#7C88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.093 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adbf',
    500: '#2f8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ca5;
$custom-light: #78adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.712,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59687,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CA5

secondary

#C08170

accent

#6949DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CA5

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

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