#2B858F#2B858F

#2B858F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.084 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B858F
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 143)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, -22.62, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 26.13, 210.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% -0.0754 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.084 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3396, 19.2702, 28.9451)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B858F #8F352B

analogous

#2B8F67 #2B858F #2B538F

triadic

#2B858F #8F2B85 #858F2B

tetradic

#2B858F #672B8F #8F352B #538F2B

square

#2B858F #672B8F #8F352B #538F2B

split-complementary

#2B858F #8F2B53 #8F672B

monochromatic

#0F2D31 #1D5960 #2B858F #39B1BE #64C6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#2B858F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#2B858F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B858F

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B858F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B858F	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)

#7A8090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B758F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b858f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.084 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a9af',
    500: '#2b858f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b858f;
$custom-light: #73a9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b858f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 53.763,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5689,
    "c": 0.08365,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B858F

secondary

#B7685F

accent

#594BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B858F

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

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