#2F979C#2F979C

#2F979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.092 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F979C
RGB	rgb(47, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, -27.16, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 29.39, 202.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0868 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.092 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2370, 25.1358, 35.3366)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F979C #9C342F

analogous

#2F9C6A #2F979C #2F619C

triadic

#2F979C #9C2F97 #979C2F

tetradic

#2F979C #6A2F9C #9C342F #619C2F

square

#2F979C #6A2F9C #9C342F #619C2F

split-complementary

#2F979C #9C2F61 #9C6A2F

monochromatic

#133C3E #21696D #2F979C #42C0C6 #71D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2F979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#2F979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F979C

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F979C	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.092 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6b9',
    500: '#2f979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f979c;
$custom-light: #78b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.752,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62081,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F979C

secondary

#BC6F6B

accent

#514BDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F979C

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

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