#2F838B#2F838B

#2F838B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.080 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F838B
RGB	rgb(47, 131, 139)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, -22.20, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 25.11, 207.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% -0.0729 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.08 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9468, 18.6995, 27.2954)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F838B #8B372F

analogous

#2F8B65 #2F838B #2F558B

triadic

#2F838B #8B2F83 #838B2F

tetradic

#2F838B #652F8B #8B372F #558B2F

square

#2F838B #652F8B #8B372F #558B2F

split-complementary

#2F838B #8B2F55 #8B652F

monochromatic

#102D30 #20585D #2F838B #3EAEB9 #68C3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#2F838B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#2F838B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F838B

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F838B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F838B	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B738B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f838b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 131, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.080 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a7ac',
    500: '#2f838b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f838b;
$custom-light: #74a7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f838b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56335,
    "c": 0.07981,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F838B

secondary

#B36A63

accent

#5B4FD9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F838B

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

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