#2F8CB4#2F8CB4

#2F8CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.104 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CB4
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -13.55, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 31.78, 244.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0657 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.104 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7853, 22.6536, 46.5537)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CB4 #B4572F

analogous

#2FB49A #2F8CB4 #2F4AB4

triadic

#2F8CB4 #B42F8C #8CB42F

tetradic

#2F8CB4 #9A2FB4 #B4572F #4AB42F

square

#2F8CB4 #9A2FB4 #B4572F #4AB42F

split-complementary

#2F8CB4 #B42F4A #B49A2F

monochromatic

#164153 #226683 #2F8CB4 #4FAAD1 #80C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2F8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2F8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CB4

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CB4	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.104 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadca',
    500: '#2f8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8cb4;
$custom-light: #7aadca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60374,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CB4

secondary

#C79078

accent

#7546E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CB4

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

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