#2F8A79#2F8A79

#2F8A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.089 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8A79
RGB	rgb(47, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -30.96, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 30.98, 177.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.0891 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.089 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7103, 20.1603, 21.2542)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8A79 #8A2F40

analogous

#2F8A4C #2F8A79 #2F6E8A

triadic

#2F8A79 #792F8A #8A792F

tetradic

#2F8A79 #4C2F8A #8A2F40 #6E8A2F

square

#2F8A79 #4C2F8A #8A2F40 #6E8A2F

split-complementary

#2F8A79 #8A2F6E #8A4C2F

monochromatic

#102F29 #1F5C51 #2F8A79 #3FB8A1 #68CCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#2F8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#2F8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8A79

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8A79	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.089 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ac9f',
    500: '#2f8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8a79;
$custom-light: #73ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.791,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57515,
    "c": 0.08913,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8A79

secondary

#B36271

accent

#4F69D9

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8A79

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

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