#2B8B79#2B8B79

#2B8B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.092 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8B79
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -32.11, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 32.15, 177.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.0922 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.092 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6784, 20.3578, 21.2940)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8B79 #8B2B3D

analogous

#2B8B49 #2B8B79 #2B6D8B

triadic

#2B8B79 #792B8B #8B792B

tetradic

#2B8B79 #492B8B #8B2B3D #6D8B2B

square

#2B8B79 #492B8B #8B2B3D #6D8B2B

split-complementary

#2B8B79 #8B2B6D #8B492B

monochromatic

#0E2E28 #1D5C50 #2B8B79 #39BAA2 #62CEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#2B8B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#2B8B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8B79

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8B79	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.092 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ad9f',
    500: '#2b8b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8b79;
$custom-light: #72ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57667,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8B79

secondary

#B55D6E

accent

#4C67DC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8B79

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

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