#2F8F9F#2F8F9F

#2F8F9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.090 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F8F9F
RGB	rgb(47, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, -22.15, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 27.65, 216.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% -0.0771 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.09 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2501, 22.7505, 36.2763)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F8F9F #9F3F2F

analogous

#2F9F77 #2F8F9F #2F579F

triadic

#2F8F9F #9F2F8F #8F9F2F

tetradic

#2F8F9F #772F9F #9F3F2F #579F2F

square

#2F8F9F #772F9F #9F3F2F #579F2F

split-complementary

#2F8F9F #9F2F57 #9F772F

monochromatic

#133A41 #216570 #2F8F9F #44B5C8 #73C7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2F8F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2F8F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F8F9F

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F8F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F8F9F	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f8f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.090 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0bb',
    500: '#2f8f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f8f9f;
$custom-light: #77b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f8f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60182,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F8F9F

secondary

#BD786D

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F8F9F

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

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