#2F8E8A#2F8E8A

#2F8E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.087 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8E8A
RGB	rgb(47, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -28.08, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 28.71, 192.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0854 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.087 191)
XYZ	xyz(15.4307, 21.7836, 27.4313)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8E8A #8E2F33

analogous

#2F8E5B #2F8E8A #2F638E

triadic

#2F8E8A #8A2F8E #8E8A2F

tetradic

#2F8E8A #5B2F8E #8E2F33 #638E2F

square

#2F8E8A #5B2F8E #8E2F33 #638E2F

split-complementary

#2F8E8A #8E2F63 #8E5B2F

monochromatic

#113231 #20605D #2F8E8A #3EBCB7 #6ACEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2F8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#2F8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8E8A

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8E8A	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.087 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afac',
    500: '#2f8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8e8a;
$custom-light: #75afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.474,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59126,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.21785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8E8A

secondary

#B56467

accent

#4E54DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8E8A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →