#2B8A97#2B8A97

#2B8A97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.088 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8A97
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, -22.68, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 27.14, 213.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0772 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.088 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6682, 20.9231, 32.4850)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8A97 #97382B

analogous

#2B976E #2B8A97 #2B5497

triadic

#2B8A97 #972B8A #8A972B

tetradic

#2B8A97 #6E2B97 #97382B #54972B

square

#2B8A97 #6E2B97 #97382B #54972B

split-complementary

#2B8A97 #972B54 #976E2B

monochromatic

#103338 #1D5E67 #2B8A97 #39B5C7 #68C7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#2B8A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#2B8A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8A97

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8A97	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.088 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acb5',
    500: '#2b8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8a97;
$custom-light: #74acb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.222,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58488,
    "c": 0.0876,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8A97

secondary

#BB6E63

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8A97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →