#2B8990#2B8990

#2B8990 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.086 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8990
RGB	rgb(43, 137, 144)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, -24.38, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 27.03, 205.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0792 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.086 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9738, 20.4168, 29.5318)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8990 #90322B

analogous

#2B9065 #2B8990 #2B5790

triadic

#2B8990 #902B89 #89902B

tetradic

#2B8990 #652B90 #90322B #57902B

square

#2B8990 #652B90 #90322B #57902B

split-complementary

#2B8990 #902B57 #90652B

monochromatic

#0F2F32 #1D5C61 #2B8990 #39B6BF #65C9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#2B8990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#2B8990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8990

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8990	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 137, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.086 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74abb0',
    500: '#2b8990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8990;
$custom-light: #74abb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.158,
    "s": 54.011,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57954,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8990

secondary

#B76660

accent

#554ADD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8990

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

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