#2B8886#2B8886

#2B8886 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.085 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8886
RGB	rgb(43, 136, 134)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 1.5%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, -26.93, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 27.79, 194.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0827 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.085 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.1016, 19.8415, 25.6362)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8886 #882B2D

analogous

#2B8858 #2B8886 #2B5B88

triadic

#2B8886 #862B88 #88862B

tetradic

#2B8886 #582B88 #882B2D #5B882B

square

#2B8886 #582B88 #882B2D #5B882B

split-complementary

#2B8886 #882B5B #88582B

monochromatic

#0E2B2A #1C5A58 #2B8886 #3AB6B4 #61CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#2B8886 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#2B8886 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8886

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8886	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8886	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8886;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 136, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.085 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aba9',
    500: '#2b8886',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8886;
$custom-light: #72aba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8886",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.71,
    "s": 51.955,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57321,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.19843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8886

secondary

#B35C5E

accent

#4C4FDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8886

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

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