#2F8DB5#2F8DB5

#2F8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.105 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8DB5
RGB	rgb(47, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -13.76, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 31.91, 244.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0664 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.105 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0343, 22.9881, 47.1411)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8DB5 #B5572F

analogous

#2FB59A #2F8DB5 #2F4AB5

triadic

#2F8DB5 #B52F8D #8DB52F

tetradic

#2F8DB5 #9A2FB5 #B5572F #4AB52F

square

#2F8DB5 #9A2FB5 #B5572F #4AB52F

split-complementary

#2F8DB5 #B52F4A #B59A2F

monochromatic

#164154 #226784 #2F8DB5 #50ABD1 #80C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2F8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2F8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8DB5

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8DB5	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.105 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaecb',
    500: '#2f8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8db5;
$custom-light: #7aaecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60664,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8DB5

secondary

#C79079

accent

#7446E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8DB5

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

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