#2B5950#2B5950

#2B5950 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.053 H 179.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5950
RGB	rgb(43, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(168, 52%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 10.1%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.47, -18.29, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.47, 18.29, 178.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% -0.0531 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.053 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0160, 8.2370, 8.8607)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5950 #592B34

analogous

#2B5939 #2B5950 #2B4B59

triadic

#2B5950 #502B59 #59502B

tetradic

#2B5950 #392B59 #592B34 #4B592B

square

#2B5950 #392B59 #592B34 #4B592B

split-complementary

#2B5950 #592B4B #59392B

monochromatic

#0A1513 #17302B #2B5950 #3F8275 #53AC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#2B5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#2B5950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5950

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5950	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#175A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.053 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688881',
    500: '#2b5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5950;
$custom-light: #688881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.261,
    "s": 34.848,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42841,
    "c": 0.05313,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5950

secondary

#8B555F

accent

#5D72CB

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBEFEE

border

#C6CAC9

text

#060B0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5950

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

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