#2F979B#2F979B

#2F979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.092 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F979B
RGB	rgb(47, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, -27.47, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 29.48, 201.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0872 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.092 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1527, 25.1020, 34.8925)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F979B #9B332F

analogous

#2F9B69 #2F979B #2F619B

triadic

#2F979B #9B2F97 #979B2F

tetradic

#2F979B #692F9B #9B332F #619B2F

square

#2F979B #692F9B #9B332F #619B2F

split-complementary

#2F979B #9B2F61 #9B692F

monochromatic

#133C3D #21696C #2F979B #42C1C6 #71D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2F979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#2F979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F979B

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F979B	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.092 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6b8',
    500: '#2f979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f979b;
$custom-light: #78b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62043,
    "c": 0.09214,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F979B

secondary

#BB6D6A

accent

#504BDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F979B

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

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