#2F8CB1#2F8CB1

#2F8CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.102 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CB1
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -14.58, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 30.89, 241.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0668 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.102 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4830, 22.5327, 44.9616)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CB1 #B1542F

analogous

#2FB195 #2F8CB1 #2F4BB1

triadic

#2F8CB1 #B12F8C #8CB12F

tetradic

#2F8CB1 #952FB1 #B1542F #4BB12F

square

#2F8CB1 #952FB1 #B1542F #4BB12F

split-complementary

#2F8CB1 #B12F4B #B1952F

monochromatic

#154050 #226681 #2F8CB1 #4DABD0 #7EC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2F8CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2F8CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CB1

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CB1	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.102 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadc8',
    500: '#2f8cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8cb1;
$custom-light: #7aadc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60231,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CB1

secondary

#C58D76

accent

#7347E1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CB1

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

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