#2F9496#2F9496

#2F9496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.090 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F9496
RGB	rgb(47, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -27.49, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 29.08, 199.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0863 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.09 197)
XYZ	xyz(17.2648, 23.9842, 32.5678)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F9496 #96312F

analogous

#2F9664 #2F9496 #2F6096

triadic

#2F9496 #962F94 #94962F

tetradic

#2F9496 #642F96 #96312F #60962F

square

#2F9496 #642F96 #96312F #60962F

split-complementary

#2F9496 #962F60 #96642F

monochromatic

#123839 #206667 #2F9496 #3FC0C3 #6ED0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#2F9496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#2F9496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F9496

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F9496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F9496	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f9496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.090 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b4b4',
    500: '#2f9496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f9496;
$custom-light: #77b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f9496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.165,
    "s": 52.284,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61096,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.23986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F9496

secondary

#B96968

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F9496

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

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