#2B858E#2B858E

#2B858E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.083 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B858E
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 142)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -22.94, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 26.15, 208.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0758 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.083 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2642, 19.2400, 28.5479)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B858E #8E342B

analogous

#2B8E66 #2B858E #2B548E

triadic

#2B858E #8E2B85 #858E2B

tetradic

#2B858E #662B8E #8E342B #548E2B

square

#2B858E #662B8E #8E342B #548E2B

split-complementary

#2B858E #8E2B54 #8E662B

monochromatic

#0F2D30 #1D595F #2B858E #39B1BD #63C6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#2B858E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#2B858E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B858E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B858E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B858E	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C758E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b858e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.083 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a9af',
    500: '#2b858e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b858e;
$custom-light: #73a9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b858e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5685,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B858E

secondary

#B6675F

accent

#584BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B858E

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

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