#2F8DAB#2F8DAB

#2F8DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.097 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8DAB
RGB	rgb(47, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -17.16, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 29.26, 234.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0701 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.097 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0448, 22.5923, 41.9299)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8DAB #AB4D2F

analogous

#2FAB8B #2F8DAB #2F4FAB

triadic

#2F8DAB #AB2F8D #8DAB2F

tetradic

#2F8DAB #8B2FAB #AB4D2F #4FAB2F

square

#2F8DAB #8B2FAB #AB4D2F #4FAB2F

split-complementary

#2F8DAB #AB2F4F #AB8B2F

monochromatic

#153E4B #22657B #2F8DAB #4AADCD #7AC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2F8DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2F8DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8DAB

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8DAB	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.097 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec4',
    500: '#2f8dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8dab;
$custom-light: #79aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.516,
    "s": 56.881,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.602,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8DAB

secondary

#C38673

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8DAB

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

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