#2B5259#2B5259

#2B5259 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.046 H 210.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5259
RGB	rgb(43, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(189, 35%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, -11.64, -8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 14.34, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% -0.0394 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.046 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8160, 7.2690, 10.5458)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5259 #59322B

analogous

#2B5949 #2B5259 #2B3B59

triadic

#2B5259 #592B52 #52592B

tetradic

#2B5259 #492B59 #59322B #3B592B

square

#2B5259 #492B59 #59322B #3B592B

split-complementary

#2B5259 #592B3B #59492B

monochromatic

#0A1315 #172C30 #2B5259 #3F7882 #539EAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#2B5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#2B5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5259

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5259	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#125554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.046 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688287',
    500: '#2b5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5259;
$custom-light: #688287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 34.848,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41284,
    "c": 0.04565,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5259

secondary

#8B5D55

accent

#6E5DCB

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5259

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

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