#2F8DC9#2F8DC9

#2F8DC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.125 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8DC9
RGB	rgb(47, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -6.76, -38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 39.33, 260.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0596 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.125 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2357, 23.8686, 58.7349)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8DC9 #C96B2F

analogous

#2FC9B8 #2F8DC9 #2F40C9

triadic

#2F8DC9 #C92F8D #8DC92F

tetradic

#2F8DC9 #B82FC9 #C96B2F #40C92F

square

#2F8DC9 #B82FC9 #C96B2F #40C92F

split-complementary

#2F8DC9 #C92F40 #C9B82F

monochromatic

#184766 #236A97 #2F8DC9 #5CA8D9 #8EC3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#2F8DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#2F8DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8DC9

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8DC9	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.125 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaed9',
    500: '#2f8dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8dc9;
$custom-light: #7eaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.377,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61671,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8DC9

secondary

#CFA285

accent

#8243E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8DC9

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

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