#2F9589#2F9589

#2F9589 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.094 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F9589
RGB	rgb(47, 149, 137)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -31.76, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 31.83, 183.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0934 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.094 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4330, 23.9035, 27.4098)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F9589 #952F3B

analogous

#2F9556 #2F9589 #2F6E95

triadic

#2F9589 #892F95 #95892F

tetradic

#2F9589 #562F95 #952F3B #6E952F

square

#2F9589 #562F95 #952F3B #6E952F

split-complementary

#2F9589 #952F6E #95562F

monochromatic

#123833 #20665E #2F9589 #3FC2B3 #6DD1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#2F9589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#2F9589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F9589

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F9589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F9589	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F828A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f9589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 149, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.094 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4ab',
    500: '#2f9589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f9589;
$custom-light: #76b4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f9589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 52.041,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60899,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F9589

secondary

#B86771

accent

#4C5DDB

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F9589

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

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