#2F8CB5#2F8CB5

#2F8CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.105 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CB5
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -13.21, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 32.10, 245.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0654 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.105 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8875, 22.6945, 47.0921)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CB5 #B5582F

analogous

#2FB59B #2F8CB5 #2F49B5

triadic

#2F8CB5 #B52F8C #8CB52F

tetradic

#2F8CB5 #9B2FB5 #B5582F #49B52F

square

#2F8CB5 #9B2FB5 #B5582F #49B52F

split-complementary

#2F8CB5 #B52F49 #B59B2F

monochromatic

#164154 #226684 #2F8CB5 #50AAD1 #80C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2F8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2F8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CB5

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CB5	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.105 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadcb',
    500: '#2f8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8cb5;
$custom-light: #7aadcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60422,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CB5

secondary

#C79179

accent

#7646E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CB5

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

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