#2B8979#2B8979

#2B8979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.090 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8979
RGB	rgb(43, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, -31.17, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 31.18, 178.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% -0.09 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.09 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3915, 19.7839, 21.1984)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8979 #892B3B

analogous

#2B894A #2B8979 #2B6A89

triadic

#2B8979 #792B89 #89792B

tetradic

#2B8979 #4A2B89 #892B3B #6A892B

square

#2B8979 #4A2B89 #892B3B #6A892B

split-complementary

#2B8979 #892B6A #894A2B

monochromatic

#0E2C27 #1C5A50 #2B8979 #3AB8A2 #61CDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#2B8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#2B8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8979

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8979	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.090 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ac9f',
    500: '#2b8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8979;
$custom-light: #71ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.787,
    "s": 52.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57139,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8979

secondary

#B35C6B

accent

#4C65DC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8979

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

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