#2B8A8B#2B8A8B

#2B8A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.086 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8A8B
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, -26.42, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 27.78, 197.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% -0.0825 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.086 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7429, 20.5529, 27.6112)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8A8B #8B2C2B

analogous

#2B8B5C #2B8A8B #2B5A8B

triadic

#2B8A8B #8B2B8A #8A8B2B

tetradic

#2B8A8B #5C2B8B #8B2C2B #5A8B2B

square

#2B8A8B #5C2B8B #8B2C2B #5A8B2B

split-complementary

#2B8A8B #8B2B5A #8B5C2B

monochromatic

#0E2D2E #1D5C5C #2B8A8B #39B8BA #62CDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#2B8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#2B8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8A8B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8A8B	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.086 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acac',
    500: '#2b8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8a8b;
$custom-light: #73acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.625,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58022,
    "c": 0.08589,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8A8B

secondary

#B55E5D

accent

#4D4CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8A8B

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

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