#2F8DA9#2F8DA9

#2F8DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.095 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8DA9
RGB	rgb(47, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, -17.82, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 28.84, 231.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0709 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.095 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8556, 22.5166, 40.9335)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8DA9 #A94B2F

analogous

#2FA988 #2F8DA9 #2F50A9

triadic

#2F8DA9 #A92F8D #8DA92F

tetradic

#2F8DA9 #882FA9 #A94B2F #50A92F

square

#2F8DA9 #882FA9 #A94B2F #50A92F

split-complementary

#2F8DA9 #A92F50 #A9882F

monochromatic

#143D49 #226579 #2F8DA9 #49AECC #79C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2F8DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2F8DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8DA9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8DA9	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)

#7D89AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.095 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec2',
    500: '#2f8da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8da9;
$custom-light: #78aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.77,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60111,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8DA9

secondary

#C28472

accent

#6B48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8DA9

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

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