#2B8797#2B8797

#2B8797 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.087 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8797
RGB	rgb(43, 135, 151)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, -21.11, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 26.69, 217.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.074 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.087 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2438, 20.0741, 32.3435)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8797 #973B2B

analogous

#2B9771 #2B8797 #2B5197

triadic

#2B8797 #972B87 #87972B

tetradic

#2B8797 #712B97 #973B2B #51972B

square

#2B8797 #712B97 #973B2B #51972B

split-complementary

#2B8797 #972B51 #97712B

monochromatic

#103238 #1D5C67 #2B8797 #39B2C7 #68C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#2B8797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#2B8797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8797

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8797	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 135, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.087 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aab5',
    500: '#2b8797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8797;
$custom-light: #74aab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57726,
    "c": 0.08687,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8797

secondary

#BB7063

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8797

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

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