#2B838E#2B838E

#2B838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.083 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B838E
RGB	rgb(43, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, -21.90, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 25.73, 211.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% -0.0736 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.083 207)
XYZ	xyz(13.9929, 18.6976, 28.4575)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B838E #8E362B

analogous

#2B8E68 #2B838E #2B528E

triadic

#2B838E #8E2B83 #838E2B

tetradic

#2B838E #682B8E #8E362B #528E2B

square

#2B838E #682B8E #8E362B #528E2B

split-complementary

#2B838E #8E2B52 #8E682B

monochromatic

#0F2C30 #1D585F #2B838E #39AEBD #63C4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#2B838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#2B838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B838E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B838E	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.083 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a7af',
    500: '#2b838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b838e;
$custom-light: #73a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56337,
    "c": 0.08265,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.18699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B838E

secondary

#B6685F

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B838E

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

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