#2F8CA6#2F8CA6

#2F8CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.093 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CA6
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -18.28, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 28.30, 229.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0711 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.093 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4305, 22.1117, 39.4183)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CA6 #A6492F

analogous

#2FA685 #2F8CA6 #2F51A6

triadic

#2F8CA6 #A62F8C #8CA62F

tetradic

#2F8CA6 #852FA6 #A6492F #51A62F

square

#2F8CA6 #852FA6 #A6492F #51A62F

split-complementary

#2F8CA6 #A62F51 #A6852F

monochromatic

#143C47 #216476 #2F8CA6 #47AECB #77C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2F8CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2F8CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CA6

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CA6	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#7C88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.093 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc0',
    500: '#2f8ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ca6;
$custom-light: #78adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.109,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59731,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CA6

secondary

#C18270

accent

#6A49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CA6

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

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