#2F979E#2F979E

#2F979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.092 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F979E
RGB	rgb(47, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -26.55, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 29.25, 204.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0859 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.092 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4077, 25.2041, 36.2358)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F979E #9E362F

analogous

#2F9E6E #2F979E #2F5F9E

triadic

#2F979E #9E2F97 #979E2F

tetradic

#2F979E #6E2F9E #9E362F #5F9E2F

square

#2F979E #6E2F9E #9E362F #5F9E2F

split-complementary

#2F979E #9E2F5F #9E6E2F

monochromatic

#133D40 #216A6F #2F979E #43BFC7 #72CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2F979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#2F979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F979E

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F979E	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.092 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6ba',
    500: '#2f979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f979e;
$custom-light: #78b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.784,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62156,
    "c": 0.0924,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F979E

secondary

#BD716C

accent

#544ADE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F979E

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

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