#2D979D#2D979D

#2D979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.093 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D979D
RGB	rgb(45, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -27.14, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 29.60, 203.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0872 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.093 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2319, 25.1233, 35.7802)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D979D #9D332D

analogous

#2D9D6B #2D979D #2D5F9D

triadic

#2D979D #9D2D97 #979D2D

tetradic

#2D979D #6B2D9D #9D332D #5F9D2D

square

#2D979D #6B2D9D #9D332D #5F9D2D

split-complementary

#2D979D #9D2D5F #9D6B2D

monochromatic

#123C3E #1F696D #2D979D #3FC1C8 #6FD0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2D979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#2D979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D979D

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D979D	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.093 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6b9',
    500: '#2d979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d979d;
$custom-light: #77b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62069,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D979D

secondary

#BD6D69

accent

#5149DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D979D

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

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