#2F999B#2F999B

#2F999B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.093 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F999B
RGB	rgb(47, 153, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -28.46, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 30.08, 198.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0893 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.093 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4773, 25.7512, 35.0007)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F999B #9B312F

analogous

#2F9B67 #2F999B #2F639B

triadic

#2F999B #9B2F99 #999B2F

tetradic

#2F999B #672F9B #9B312F #639B2F

square

#2F999B #672F9B #9B312F #639B2F

split-complementary

#2F999B #9B2F63 #9B672F

monochromatic

#133C3D #216B6C #2F999B #42C3C6 #71D2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2F999B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#2F999B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F999B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F999B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F999B	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f999b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 153, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.093 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b7b8',
    500: '#2f999b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f999b;
$custom-light: #78b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f999b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6255,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F999B

secondary

#BB6C6A

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F999B

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

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