#2B888B#2B888B

#2B888B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.085 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B888B
RGB	rgb(43, 136, 139)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 2.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -25.41, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 27.14, 200.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0804 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.085 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4586, 19.9843, 27.5165)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B888B #8B2E2B

analogous

#2B8B5E #2B888B #2B588B

triadic

#2B888B #8B2B88 #888B2B

tetradic

#2B888B #5E2B8B #8B2E2B #588B2B

square

#2B888B #5E2B8B #8B2E2B #588B2B

split-complementary

#2B888B #8B2B58 #8B5E2B

monochromatic

#0E2D2E #1D5A5C #2B888B #39B6BA #62CBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#2B888B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#2B888B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B888B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B888B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B888B	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E828B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70778C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b888b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 136, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.085 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73abac',
    500: '#2b888b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b888b;
$custom-light: #73abac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b888b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57506,
    "c": 0.08461,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B888B

secondary

#B5605D

accent

#504CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B888B

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

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