#2B8A96#2B8A96

#2B8A96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.087 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8A96
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -23.00, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 27.12, 212.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0776 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.087 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5874, 20.8908, 32.0591)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8A96 #96372B

analogous

#2B966C #2B8A96 #2B5496

triadic

#2B8A96 #962B8A #8A962B

tetradic

#2B8A96 #6C2B96 #96372B #54962B

square

#2B8A96 #6C2B96 #96372B #54962B

split-complementary

#2B8A96 #962B54 #966C2B

monochromatic

#103237 #1D5E66 #2B8A96 #39B6C6 #68C8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2B8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#2B8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8A96

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8A96	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.087 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acb4',
    500: '#2b8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8a96;
$custom-light: #74acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.729,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58447,
    "c": 0.08729,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8A96

secondary

#BA6D63

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8A96

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

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