#2F8EAB#2F8EAB

#2F8EAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.096 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8EAB
RGB	rgb(47, 142, 171)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 17%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -17.70, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 29.20, 232.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% -0.0711 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.096 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1929, 22.8885, 41.9793)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8EAB #AB4C2F

analogous

#2FAB8A #2F8EAB #2F50AB

triadic

#2F8EAB #AB2F8E #8EAB2F

tetradic

#2F8EAB #8A2FAB #AB4C2F #50AB2F

square

#2F8EAB #8A2FAB #AB4C2F #50AB2F

split-complementary

#2F8EAB #AB2F50 #AB8A2F

monochromatic

#153E4B #22667B #2F8EAB #4AAFCD #7AC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2F8EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2F8EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8EAB

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8EAB	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 142, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.096 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc4',
    500: '#2f8eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8eab;
$custom-light: #79afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.032,
    "s": 56.881,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60447,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8EAB

secondary

#C38673

accent

#6B48E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8EAB

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

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