#2D979E#2D979E

#2D979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.093 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D979E
RGB	rgb(45, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -26.83, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 29.53, 204.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0868 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.093 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3176, 25.1576, 36.2316)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D979E #9E342D

analogous

#2D9E6D #2D979E #2D5E9E

triadic

#2D979E #9E2D97 #979E2D

tetradic

#2D979E #6D2D9E #9E342D #5E9E2D

square

#2D979E #6D2D9E #9E342D #5E9E2D

split-complementary

#2D979E #9E2D5E #9E6D2D

monochromatic

#123C3F #1F696E #2D979E #40C0C9 #6FD0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2D979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#2D979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D979E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D979E	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.093 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6ba',
    500: '#2d979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d979e;
$custom-light: #77b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.717,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62107,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D979E

secondary

#BD6F69

accent

#5249DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D979E

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

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