#2F8E79#2F8E79

#2F8E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8E79
RGB	rgb(47, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(167, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -32.84, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 32.99, 174.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0935 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.094 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2948, 21.3293, 21.4491)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8E79 #8E2F44

analogous

#2F8E4A #2F8E79 #2F748E

triadic

#2F8E79 #792F8E #8E792F

tetradic

#2F8E79 #4A2F8E #8E2F44 #748E2F

square

#2F8E79 #4A2F8E #8E2F44 #748E2F

split-complementary

#2F8E79 #8E2F74 #8E4A2F

monochromatic

#11322B #206052 #2F8E79 #3EBCA0 #6ACEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2F8E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#2F8E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8E79

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8E79	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74af9f',
    500: '#2f8e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8e79;
$custom-light: #74af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.737,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58566,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8E79

secondary

#B56476

accent

#4E6DDA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8E79

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

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