#2F8EAE#2F8EAE

#2F8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.099 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8EAE
RGB	rgb(47, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -16.69, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 29.86, 236.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.07 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.099 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4821, 23.0042, 43.5024)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8EAE #AE4F2F

analogous

#2FAE8E #2F8EAE #2F4EAE

triadic

#2F8EAE #AE2F8E #8EAE2F

tetradic

#2F8EAE #8E2FAE #AE4F2F #4EAE2F

square

#2F8EAE #8E2FAE #AE4F2F #4EAE2F

split-complementary

#2F8EAE #AE2F4E #AE8E2F

monochromatic

#153F4E #22677E #2F8EAE #4CAECF #7CC3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2F8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2F8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8EAE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8EAE	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)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.099 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc6',
    500: '#2f8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8eae;
$custom-light: #79afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.118,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60582,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8EAE

secondary

#C48975

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8EAE

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

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