#2F8EB4#2F8EB4

#2F8EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.103 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8EB4
RGB	rgb(47, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, -14.66, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 31.43, 242.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0677 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.103 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0802, 23.2434, 46.6520)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8EB4 #B4552F

analogous

#2FB498 #2F8EB4 #2F4CB4

triadic

#2F8EB4 #B42F8E #8EB42F

tetradic

#2F8EB4 #982FB4 #B4552F #4CB42F

square

#2F8EB4 #982FB4 #B4552F #4CB42F

split-complementary

#2F8EB4 #B42F4C #B4982F

monochromatic

#164153 #226883 #2F8EB4 #4FACD1 #80C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2F8EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#2F8EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8EB4

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8EB4	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.103 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafca',
    500: '#2f8eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8eb4;
$custom-light: #7aafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60859,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8EB4

secondary

#C78F78

accent

#7346E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8EB4

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

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