#2F8DAA#2F8DAA

#2F8DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.096 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8DAA
RGB	rgb(47, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -17.49, -23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 29.04, 232.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0705 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.096 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9499, 22.5543, 41.4298)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8DAA #AA4C2F

analogous

#2FAA89 #2F8DAA #2F50AA

triadic

#2F8DAA #AA2F8D #8DAA2F

tetradic

#2F8DAA #892FAA #AA4C2F #50AA2F

square

#2F8DAA #892FAA #AA4C2F #50AA2F

split-complementary

#2F8DAA #AA2F50 #AA892F

monochromatic

#143D4A #22657A #2F8DAA #49AECD #79C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2F8DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2F8DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8DAA

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8DAA	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.096 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec3',
    500: '#2f8daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8daa;
$custom-light: #79aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.146,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60155,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8DAA

secondary

#C28572

accent

#6C48E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8DAA

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

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