#2F8DAD#2F8DAD

#2F8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.098 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8DAD
RGB	rgb(47, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, -16.48, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 29.71, 236.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0694 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.098 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2369, 22.6691, 42.9415)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8DAD #AD4F2F

analogous

#2FAD8E #2F8DAD #2F4EAD

triadic

#2F8DAD #AD2F8D #8DAD2F

tetradic

#2F8DAD #8E2FAD #AD4F2F #4EAD2F

square

#2F8DAD #8E2FAD #AD4F2F #4EAD2F

split-complementary

#2F8DAD #AD2F4E #AD8E2F

monochromatic

#153F4D #22667D #2F8DAD #4BADCE #7BC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2F8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2F8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8DAD

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8DAD	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.098 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec5',
    500: '#2f8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8dad;
$custom-light: #79aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.238,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60291,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8DAD

secondary

#C48874

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8DAD

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

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