#2B8996#2B8996

#2B8996 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.087 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8996
RGB	rgb(43, 137, 150)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -22.48, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 26.94, 213.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0766 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.087 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4446, 20.6051, 32.0115)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8996 #96382B

analogous

#2B966E #2B8996 #2B5396

triadic

#2B8996 #962B89 #89962B

tetradic

#2B8996 #6E2B96 #96382B #53962B

square

#2B8996 #6E2B96 #96382B #53962B

split-complementary

#2B8996 #962B53 #966E2B

monochromatic

#103237 #1D5E66 #2B8996 #39B4C6 #68C7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#2B8996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#2B8996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8996

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8996	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 137, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.087 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74abb4',
    500: '#2b8996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8996;
$custom-light: #74abb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.29,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58193,
    "c": 0.08698,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8996

secondary

#BA6D63

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8996

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

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