#2F8EB5#2F8EB5

#2F8EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.104 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8EB5
RGB	rgb(47, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -14.32, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 31.73, 243.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0673 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.104 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1824, 23.2843, 47.1904)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8EB5 #B5562F

analogous

#2FB599 #2F8EB5 #2F4BB5

triadic

#2F8EB5 #B52F8E #8EB52F

tetradic

#2F8EB5 #992FB5 #B5562F #4BB52F

square

#2F8EB5 #992FB5 #B5562F #4BB52F

split-complementary

#2F8EB5 #B52F4B #B5992F

monochromatic

#164254 #226884 #2F8EB5 #50ACD1 #80C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#2F8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#2F8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8EB5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8EB5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.104 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafcb',
    500: '#2f8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8eb5;
$custom-light: #7aafcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60907,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8EB5

secondary

#C79079

accent

#7346E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8EB5

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

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