#2F99BE#2F99BE

#2F99BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F99BE
RGB	rgb(47, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -17.26, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 32.62, 238.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0748 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.108 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8540, 27.1019, 52.7846)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2F99BE #BE542F

analogous

#2FBE9C #2F99BE #2F52BE

triadic

#2F99BE #BE2F99 #99BE2F

tetradic

#2F99BE #9C2FBE #BE542F #52BE2F

square

#2F99BE #9C2FBE #BE542F #52BE2F

split-complementary

#2F99BE #BE2F52 #BE9C2F

monochromatic

#174A5C #23718D #2F99BE #55B4D5 #86CAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2F99BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#2F99BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F99BE

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F99BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F99BE	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f99be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7d1',
    500: '#2f99be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f99be;
$custom-light: #7cb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f99be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63992,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F99BE

secondary

#CB927E

accent

#6E44E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F99BE

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

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