#2F8EA4#2F8EA4

#2F8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.092 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8EA4
RGB	rgb(47, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -20.01, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 28.02, 224.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.074 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.092 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5433, 22.6287, 38.5579)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8EA4 #A4452F

analogous

#2FA480 #2F8EA4 #2F54A4

triadic

#2F8EA4 #A42F8E #8EA42F

tetradic

#2F8EA4 #802FA4 #A4452F #54A42F

square

#2F8EA4 #802FA4 #A4452F #54A42F

split-complementary

#2F8EA4 #A42F54 #A4802F

monochromatic

#143C45 #216574 #2F8EA4 #46B1CA #76C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2F8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2F8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8EA4

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8EA4	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#7F8AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.092 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afbf',
    500: '#2f8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ea4;
$custom-light: #78afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.282,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60141,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8EA4

secondary

#C07E6F

accent

#6549DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8EA4

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

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