#2F8E9C#2F8E9C

#2F8E9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.088 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8E9C
RGB	rgb(47, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -22.58, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 27.37, 214.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0773 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.088 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8435, 22.3487, 34.8721)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8E9C #9C3D2F

analogous

#2F9C73 #2F8E9C #2F589C

triadic

#2F8E9C #9C2F8E #8E9C2F

tetradic

#2F8E9C #732F9C #9C3D2F #589C2F

square

#2F8E9C #732F9C #9C3D2F #589C2F

split-complementary

#2F8E9C #9C2F58 #9C732F

monochromatic

#13383E #21636D #2F8E9C #42B5C6 #71C8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2F8E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#2F8E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8E9C

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8E9C	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.088 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afb9',
    500: '#2f8e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8e9c;
$custom-light: #77afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.706,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59808,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8E9C

secondary

#BC756B

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8E9C

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

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