#2F8CC9#2F8CC9

#2F8CC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.126 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8CC9
RGB	rgb(47, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -6.18, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 39.70, 261.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0587 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.126 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0889, 23.5750, 58.6860)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8CC9 #C96C2F

analogous

#2FC9B9 #2F8CC9 #2F3FC9

triadic

#2F8CC9 #C92F8C #8CC92F

tetradic

#2F8CC9 #B92FC9 #C96C2F #3FC92F

square

#2F8CC9 #B92FC9 #C96C2F #3FC92F

split-complementary

#2F8CC9 #C92F3F #C9B92F

monochromatic

#184766 #236997 #2F8CC9 #5CA8D9 #8EC2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#2F8CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#2F8CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8CC9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8CC9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.126 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadd9',
    500: '#2f8cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8cc9;
$custom-light: #7dadd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.766,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61437,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8CC9

secondary

#CFA285

accent

#8343E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8CC9

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

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