#2F8CB3#2F8CB3

#2F8CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.103 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CB3
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -13.90, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 31.48, 243.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0661 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.103 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6838, 22.6130, 46.0191)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CB3 #B3562F

analogous

#2FB398 #2F8CB3 #2F4AB3

triadic

#2F8CB3 #B32F8C #8CB32F

tetradic

#2F8CB3 #982FB3 #B3562F #4AB32F

square

#2F8CB3 #982FB3 #B3562F #4AB32F

split-complementary

#2F8CB3 #B32F4A #B3982F

monochromatic

#164052 #226683 #2F8CB3 #4FAAD1 #7FC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2F8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2F8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CB3

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CB3	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.103 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadca',
    500: '#2f8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8cb3;
$custom-light: #7aadca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60326,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CB3

secondary

#C68F78

accent

#7446E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CB3

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

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