#2F8CA9#2F8CA9

#2F8CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.095 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CA9
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -17.28, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 28.89, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0699 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.095 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7089, 22.2230, 40.8846)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CA9 #A94C2F

analogous

#2FA989 #2F8CA9 #2F4FA9

triadic

#2F8CA9 #A92F8C #8CA92F

tetradic

#2F8CA9 #892FA9 #A94C2F #4FA92F

square

#2F8CA9 #892FA9 #A94C2F #4FA92F

split-complementary

#2F8CA9 #A92F4F #A9892F

monochromatic

#143D49 #226479 #2F8CA9 #49ADCC #79C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2F8CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2F8CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CA9

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CA9	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)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.095 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc2',
    500: '#2f8ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ca9;
$custom-light: #78adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.262,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59864,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CA9

secondary

#C28572

accent

#6C48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CA9

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

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