#2F959B#2F959B

#2F959B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.091 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F959B
RGB	rgb(47, 149, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -26.47, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 28.91, 203.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0851 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.091 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8335, 24.4637, 34.7861)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F959B #9B352F

analogous

#2F9B6B #2F959B #2F5F9B

triadic

#2F959B #9B2F95 #959B2F

tetradic

#2F959B #6B2F9B #9B352F #5F9B2F

square

#2F959B #6B2F9B #9B352F #5F9B2F

split-complementary

#2F959B #9B2F5F #9B6B2F

monochromatic

#133B3D #21686C #2F959B #42BEC6 #71CED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2F959B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#2F959B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F959B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F959B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F959B	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f959b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 149, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.091 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b4b8',
    500: '#2f959b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f959b;
$custom-light: #78b4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f959b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61537,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F959B

secondary

#BB6F6A

accent

#534BDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F959B

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

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