#2f837c

Color #2f837c

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 5.5 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#2f837c

RGB

rgb(47, 131, 124)

HSL

hsl(175, 47.2%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175, 64.1%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(49.85, -26.7, -3.68)

LCH

lch(49.85, 26.95, 187.85)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.0805, 187.43)

HWB

hwb(175, 18.4%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#832f36

Analogous

#2f8352

#2f837c

#2f6083

Triadic

#2f837c

#7c2f83

#837c2f

Split-complementary

#2f837c

#832f60

#83522f

Tetradic

#2f837c

#2f3683

#832f36

#837c2f

Square

#2f837c

#522f83

#832f36

#60832f

Shades

Color #2f837c mixed toward black.

#276d67

#1f5753

#17423e

#102c29

#081615

Tints

Color #2f837c mixed toward white.

#3eaca3

#5cc5bc

#85d3cd

#aee2dd

#d6f0ee

Tones

Color #2f837c mixed toward gray.

#367c76

#3d7570

#446e6a

#4b6765

#52605f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f607e · ΔE 28

Deuteranopia

#5a547e · ΔE 31.5

Tritanopia

#377f7f · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f837c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f837c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2f837c (#2f837c) is rgb(47, 131, 124) in RGB.

No, #2f837c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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