#2F99C9#2F99C9

#2F99C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.117 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F99C9
RGB	rgb(47, 153, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -13.51, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 35.81, 247.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0709 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.117 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1019, 27.6011, 59.3570)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F99C9 #C95F2F

analogous

#2FC9AC #2F99C9 #2F4CC9

triadic

#2F99C9 #C92F99 #99C92F

tetradic

#2F99C9 #AC2FC9 #C95F2F #4CC92F

square

#2F99C9 #AC2FC9 #C95F2F #4CC92F

split-complementary

#2F99C9 #C92F4C #C9AC2F

monochromatic

#184D66 #237397 #2F99C9 #5CB2D9 #8ECAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2F99C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#2F99C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F99C9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F99C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F99C9	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f99c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 153, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.117 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7d9',
    500: '#2f99c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f99c9;
$custom-light: #7eb7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f99c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64509,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F99C9

secondary

#CF9C85

accent

#7543E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F99C9

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

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