#2B8A9C#2B8A9C

#2B8A9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.090 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8A9C
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -21.06, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 27.40, 219.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.075 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.09 213)
XYZ	xyz(16.0829, 21.0890, 34.6690)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8A9C #9C3D2B

analogous

#2B9C76 #2B8A9C #2B519C

triadic

#2B8A9C #9C2B8A #8A9C2B

tetradic

#2B8A9C #762B9C #9C3D2B #519C2B

square

#2B8A9C #762B9C #9C3D2B #519C2B

split-complementary

#2B8A9C #9C2B51 #9C762B

monochromatic

#11353C #1E606C #2B8A9C #3BB2C9 #6BC5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#2B8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#2B8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8A9C

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8A9C	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.090 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acb9',
    500: '#2b8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8a9c;
$custom-light: #75acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.558,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58694,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.21091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8A9C

secondary

#BD7466

accent

#6048E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8A9C

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

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