#2f8a82

Color #2f8a82

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 5.83 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2f8a82

RGB

rgb(47, 138, 130)

HSL

hsl(174.7, 49.2%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.7, 65.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(52.28, -28.44, -3.59)

LCH

lch(52.28, 28.67, 187.19)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0854, 186.86)

HWB

hwb(174.7, 18.4%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a2f37

Analogous

#2f8a55

#2f8a82

#2f658a

Triadic

#2f8a82

#822f8a

#8a822f

Split-complementary

#2f8a82

#8a2f65

#8a552f

Tetradic

#2f8a82

#2f378a

#8a2f37

#8a822f

Square

#2f8a82

#552f8a

#8a2f37

#658a2f

Shades

Color #2f8a82 mixed toward black.

#27736c

#1f5c57

#184541

#102e2b

#081716

Tints

Color #2f8a82 mixed toward white.

#3db2a8

#5dc8bf

#86d6cf

#aee3df

#d7f1ef

Tones

Color #2f8a82 mixed toward gray.

#37837c

#3e7b76

#46736f

#4d6c69

#556463

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646484 · ΔE 29.1

Deuteranopia

#5e5784 · ΔE 32.6

Tritanopia

#388686 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f8a82;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f8a82]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2f8a82 (#2f8a82) is rgb(47, 138, 130) in RGB.

No, #2f8a82 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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