#2F96B4#2F96B4

#2F96B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.101 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2F96B4
RGBrgb(47, 150, 180)
HSLhsl(194, 59%, 45%)
HSVhsv(194, 74%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(73.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(57.76, -18.99, -24.04)
CIE-LCHlch(57.76, 30.64, 231.69°)
OKLaboklab(62.81% -0.0757 -0.0672)
OKLCHoklch(62.81% 0.101 221.6)
XYZxyz(20.3134, 25.7099, 47.0631)
Luminance0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2F96B4 #B44D2F
analogous
#2FB490 #2F96B4 #2F54B4
triadic
#2F96B4 #B42F96 #96B42F
tetradic
#2F96B4 #902FB4 #B44D2F #54B42F
square
#2F96B4 #902FB4 #B44D2F #54B42F
split-complementary
#2F96B4 #B42F54 #B4902F
monochromatic
#164553 #226E83 #2F96B4 #4FB4D1 #80C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42
#2F96B4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14
#2F96B4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F96B4
6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2F96B4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2F96B41.003.426.146.14
#FFFFFF3.421.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1421.001.001.00
##0000006.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8492B6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7285B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009FA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2f96b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.101 221.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5ca',
    500: '#2f96b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2f96b4;
$custom-light: #7bb5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2f96b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.534,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62812,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2F96B4
secondary
#C78A78
accent
#6946E2
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F8
border
#CAD0D1
text
#0B1113
muted
#7C8082

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#2F96B4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva