#2B8997#2B8997

#2B8997 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.087 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8997
RGB	rgb(43, 137, 151)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, -22.16, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 26.97, 214.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% -0.0761 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.087 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5254, 20.6375, 32.4374)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8997 #97392B

analogous

#2B976F #2B8997 #2B5397

triadic

#2B8997 #972B89 #89972B

tetradic

#2B8997 #6F2B97 #97392B #53972B

square

#2B8997 #6F2B97 #97392B #53972B

split-complementary

#2B8997 #972B53 #976F2B

monochromatic

#103338 #1D5E67 #2B8997 #39B4C7 #68C6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#2B8997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#2B8997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8997

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8997	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 137, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.087 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74abb5',
    500: '#2b8997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8997;
$custom-light: #74abb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.778,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58234,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8997

secondary

#BB6F63

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8997

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

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