#2B8796#2B8796

#2B8796 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.086 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8796
RGB	rgb(43, 135, 150)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 10%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, -21.43, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 26.63, 216.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0744 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.086 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1629, 20.0418, 31.9176)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8796 #963A2B

analogous

#2B966F #2B8796 #2B5296

triadic

#2B8796 #962B87 #87962B

tetradic

#2B8796 #6F2B96 #963A2B #52962B

square

#2B8796 #6F2B96 #963A2B #52962B

split-complementary

#2B8796 #962B52 #966F2B

monochromatic

#103137 #1D5C66 #2B8796 #39B2C6 #68C5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#2B8796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#2B8796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8796

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8796	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 135, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.086 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aab4',
    500: '#2b8796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8796;
$custom-light: #74aab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.411,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57685,
    "c": 0.08646,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8796

secondary

#BA6F63

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8796

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

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