#2F8D9B#2F8D9B

#2F8D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.088 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8D9B
RGB	rgb(47, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -22.38, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 27.18, 214.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.0767 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.088 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6110, 22.0188, 34.3786)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8D9B #9B3D2F

analogous

#2F9B73 #2F8D9B #2F579B

triadic

#2F8D9B #9B2F8D #8D9B2F

tetradic

#2F8D9B #732F9B #9B3D2F #579B2F

square

#2F8D9B #732F9B #9B3D2F #579B2F

split-complementary

#2F8D9B #9B2F57 #9B732F

monochromatic

#13383D #21626C #2F8D9B #42B4C6 #71C7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2F8D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2F8D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8D9B

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8D9B	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.088 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeb8',
    500: '#2f8d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8d9b;
$custom-light: #77aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.778,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59516,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8D9B

secondary

#BB756A

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8D9B

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

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