#2B878B#2B878B

#2B878B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.084 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B878B
RGB	rgb(43, 135, 139)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, -24.91, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 26.84, 201.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% -0.0793 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.084 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3184, 19.7040, 27.4697)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B878B #8B2F2B

analogous

#2B8B5F #2B878B #2B578B

triadic

#2B878B #8B2B87 #878B2B

tetradic

#2B878B #5F2B8B #8B2F2B #578B2B

square

#2B878B #5F2B8B #8B2F2B #578B2B

split-complementary

#2B878B #8B2B57 #8B5F2B

monochromatic

#0E2C2E #1D5A5C #2B878B #39B4BA #62CACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#2B878B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#2B878B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B878B

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B878B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B878B	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D818B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F768C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b878b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 135, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.084 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aaac',
    500: '#2b878b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b878b;
$custom-light: #73aaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b878b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57248,
    "c": 0.08401,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B878B

secondary

#B5615D

accent

#524CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B878B

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

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