#2F8CA8#2F8CA8

#2F8CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.095 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CA8
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, -17.62, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 28.68, 232.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0703 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.095 222)
XYZ	xyz(17.6153, 22.1856, 40.3921)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CA8 #A84B2F

analogous

#2FA887 #2F8CA8 #2F50A8

triadic

#2F8CA8 #A82F8C #8CA82F

tetradic

#2F8CA8 #872FA8 #A84B2F #50A82F

square

#2F8CA8 #872FA8 #A84B2F #50A82F

split-complementary

#2F8CA8 #A82F50 #A8872F

monochromatic

#143C48 #226478 #2F8CA8 #48ADCC #78C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2F8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2F8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CA8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CA8	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.095 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc2',
    500: '#2f8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ca8;
$custom-light: #78adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.884,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59819,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.22188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CA8

secondary

#C18471

accent

#6B48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CA8

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

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