#2F8CAA#2F8CAA

#2F8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.096 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CAA
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -16.95, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 29.10, 234.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0695 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.096 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8031, 22.2607, 41.3809)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CAA #AA4D2F

analogous

#2FAA8A #2F8CAA #2F4FAA

triadic

#2F8CAA #AA2F8C #8CAA2F

tetradic

#2F8CAA #8A2FAA #AA4D2F #4FAA2F

square

#2F8CAA #8A2FAA #AA4D2F #4FAA2F

split-complementary

#2F8CAA #AA2F4F #AA8A2F

monochromatic

#143D4A #22657A #2F8CAA #49ADCD #79C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2F8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#2F8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CAA

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CAA	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.096 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc3',
    500: '#2f8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8caa;
$custom-light: #78adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59909,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CAA

secondary

#C28672

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CAA

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

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