#2F97B4#2F97B4

#2F97B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.101 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F97B4
RGB	rgb(47, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -19.52, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 30.61, 230.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0767 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.101 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4737, 26.0304, 47.1165)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F97B4 #B44C2F

analogous

#2FB48F #2F97B4 #2F54B4

triadic

#2F97B4 #B42F97 #97B42F

tetradic

#2F97B4 #8F2FB4 #B44C2F #54B42F

square

#2F97B4 #8F2FB4 #B44C2F #54B42F

split-complementary

#2F97B4 #B42F54 #B48F2F

monochromatic

#164653 #226E83 #2F97B4 #4FB5D1 #80C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#2F97B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#2F97B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F97B4

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F97B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F97B4	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7386B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f97b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.101 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5ca',
    500: '#2f97b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f97b4;
$custom-light: #7bb5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f97b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.083,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63057,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F97B4

secondary

#C78978

accent

#6846E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F97B4

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

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