#2F9E8B#2F9E8B

#2F9E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F9E8B
RGB	rgb(47, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -35.41, 0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 35.42, 178.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.102 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.102 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0571, 26.9201, 28.6655)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F9E8B #9E2F42

analogous

#2F9E54 #2F9E8B #2F799E

triadic

#2F9E8B #8B2F9E #9E8B2F

tetradic

#2F9E8B #542F9E #9E2F42 #799E2F

square

#2F9E8B #542F9E #9E2F42 #799E2F

split-complementary

#2F9E8B #9E2F79 #9E542F

monochromatic

#134038 #216F62 #2F9E8B #43C7B1 #72D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2F9E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2F9E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2F9E8B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F9E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2F9E8B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f9e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbac',
    500: '#2f9e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f9e8b;
$custom-light: #77bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f9e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.73,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63287,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F9E8B

secondary

#BD6C7A

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F9E8B

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

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