#2B858B#2B858B

#2B858B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.083 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B858B
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 139)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, -23.88, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 26.27, 204.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% -0.0771 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.083 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0420, 19.1511, 27.3776)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B858B #8B312B

analogous

#2B8B61 #2B858B #2B558B

triadic

#2B858B #8B2B85 #858B2B

tetradic

#2B858B #612B8B #8B312B #558B2B

square

#2B858B #612B8B #8B312B #558B2B

split-complementary

#2B858B #8B2B55 #8B612B

monochromatic

#0E2C2E #1D585C #2B858B #39B2BA #62C8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#2B858B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#2B858B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B858B

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B858B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B858B	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b858b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.083 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a9ac',
    500: '#2b858b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b858b;
$custom-light: #72a9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b858b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56732,
    "c": 0.08292,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B858B

secondary

#B5635D

accent

#554CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B858B

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

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