#2F8EA9#2F8EA9

#2F8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.095 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8EA9
RGB	rgb(47, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -18.36, -22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 28.81, 230.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.0719 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.095 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0038, 22.8128, 40.9829)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8EA9 #A94A2F

analogous

#2FA987 #2F8EA9 #2F51A9

triadic

#2F8EA9 #A92F8E #8EA92F

tetradic

#2F8EA9 #872FA9 #A94A2F #51A92F

square

#2F8EA9 #872FA9 #A94A2F #51A92F

split-complementary

#2F8EA9 #A92F51 #A9872F

monochromatic

#143E49 #226679 #2F8EA9 #49AFCC #79C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2F8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2F8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8EA9

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8EA9	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.095 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc2',
    500: '#2f8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8ea9;
$custom-light: #79afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.279,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60358,
    "c": 0.09498,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8EA9

secondary

#C28472

accent

#6A48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8EA9

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

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