#2FB9D8#2FB9D8

#2FB9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2FB9D8
RGB	rgb(47, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -25.35, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 36.19, 225.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0955 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.12 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9106, 40.2563, 71.0935)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2FB9D8 #D84E2F

analogous

#2FD8A3 #2FB9D8 #2F65D8

triadic

#2FB9D8 #D82FB9 #B9D82F

tetradic

#2FB9D8 #A32FD8 #D84E2F #65D82F

square

#2FB9D8 #A32FD8 #D84E2F #65D82F

split-complementary

#2FB9D8 #D82F65 #D8A32F

monochromatic

#166576 #2091AA #2FB9D8 #63CAE2 #96DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#2FB9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#2FB9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2FB9D8

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2FB9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2FB9D8	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2fb9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cee4',
    500: '#2fb9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2fb9d8;
$custom-light: #83cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2fb9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.006,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72821,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2FB9D8

secondary

#D79A8C

accent

#5D3DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2FB9D8

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

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