#2F8988#2F8988

#2F8988 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.083 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8988
RGB	rgb(47, 137, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -26.19, -7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 27.18, 195.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0808 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.083 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.5599, 20.2716, 26.4333)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8988 #892F30

analogous

#2F895B #2F8988 #2F5D89

triadic

#2F8988 #882F89 #89882F

tetradic

#2F8988 #5B2F89 #892F30 #5D892F

square

#2F8988 #5B2F89 #892F30 #5D892F

split-complementary

#2F8988 #892F5D #895B2F

monochromatic

#102E2E #1F5B5B #2F8988 #3FB7B5 #67CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2F8988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#2F8988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8988

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8988	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 137, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.083 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acaa',
    500: '#2f8988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8988;
$custom-light: #74acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.333,
    "s": 48.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57764,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8988

secondary

#B26263

accent

#4F51D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8988

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

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