#2F8979#2F8979

#2F8979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.088 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8979
RGB	rgb(47, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, -30.48, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 30.49, 178.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% -0.088 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.088 179)
XYZ	xyz(13.5675, 19.8747, 21.2066)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8979 #892F3F

analogous

#2F894C #2F8979 #2F6C89

triadic

#2F8979 #792F89 #89792F

tetradic

#2F8979 #4C2F89 #892F3F #6C892F

square

#2F8979 #4C2F89 #892F3F #6C892F

split-complementary

#2F8979 #892F6C #894C2F

monochromatic

#102E29 #1F5B51 #2F8979 #3FB7A1 #67CBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#2F8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#2F8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8979

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8979	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.088 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ac9f',
    500: '#2f8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8979;
$custom-light: #73ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.333,
    "s": 48.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57252,
    "c": 0.08798,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.19876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8979

secondary

#B26270

accent

#4F68D8

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8979

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

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