#2F8DA8#2F8DA8

#2F8DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.094 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8DA8
RGB	rgb(47, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -18.16, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 28.65, 230.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0713 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.094 221)
XYZ	xyz(17.7621, 22.4792, 40.4410)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8DA8 #A84A2F

analogous

#2FA886 #2F8DA8 #2F51A8

triadic

#2F8DA8 #A82F8D #8DA82F

tetradic

#2F8DA8 #862FA8 #A84A2F #51A82F

square

#2F8DA8 #862FA8 #A84A2F #51A82F

split-complementary

#2F8DA8 #A82F51 #A8862F

monochromatic

#143D48 #226578 #2F8DA8 #48AFCC #78C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2F8DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2F8DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8DA8

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8DA8	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.094 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec2',
    500: '#2f8da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8da8;
$custom-light: #78aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.388,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60067,
    "c": 0.09443,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.22481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8DA8

secondary

#C18371

accent

#6A48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8DA8

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

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