#2B8895#2B8895

#2B8895 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.086 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8895
RGB	rgb(43, 136, 149)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -22.28, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 26.75, 213.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0759 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.086 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2229, 20.2901, 31.5420)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8895 #95382B

analogous

#2B956D #2B8895 #2B5395

triadic

#2B8895 #952B88 #88952B

tetradic

#2B8895 #6D2B95 #95382B #53952B

square

#2B8895 #6D2B95 #95382B #53952B

split-complementary

#2B8895 #952B53 #956D2B

monochromatic

#103136 #1D5D66 #2B8895 #39B3C4 #67C6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2B8895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2B8895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8895

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8895	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 136, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.086 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74abb4',
    500: '#2b8895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8895;
$custom-light: #74abb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.358,
    "s": 55.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57898,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8895

secondary

#BA6D62

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8895

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

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