#2B8488#2B8488

#2B8488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.082 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8488
RGB	rgb(43, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, -24.30, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 26.21, 202.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% -0.0774 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.082 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6895, 18.7922, 26.1936)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8488 #882F2B

analogous

#2B885E #2B8488 #2B5588

triadic

#2B8488 #882B84 #84882B

tetradic

#2B8488 #5E2B88 #882F2B #55882B

square

#2B8488 #5E2B88 #882F2B #55882B

split-complementary

#2B8488 #882B55 #885E2B

monochromatic

#0E2A2B #1C575A #2B8488 #3AB1B6 #61C8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#2B8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#2B8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8488

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8488	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.082 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8aa',
    500: '#2b8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8488;
$custom-light: #72a8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.581,
    "s": 51.955,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56359,
    "c": 0.08208,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8488

secondary

#B3605C

accent

#534CDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8488

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

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