#2F8CB9#2F8CB9

#2F8CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.109 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CB9
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, -11.82, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 33.43, 249.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0639 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.109 234)
XYZ	xyz(19.3038, 22.8610, 49.2848)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CB9 #B95C2F

analogous

#2FB9A1 #2F8CB9 #2F47B9

triadic

#2F8CB9 #B92F8C #8CB92F

tetradic

#2F8CB9 #A12FB9 #B95C2F #47B92F

square

#2F8CB9 #A12FB9 #B95C2F #47B92F

split-complementary

#2F8CB9 #B92F47 #B9A12F

monochromatic

#164257 #236788 #2F8CB9 #52A9D3 #83C1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2F8CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2F8CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CB9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CB9	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.109 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badce',
    500: '#2f8cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8cb9;
$custom-light: #7badce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.565,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60616,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.22863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CB9

secondary

#C9947B

accent

#7945E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CB9

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

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