#2B8B80#2B8B80

#2B8B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8B80
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -30.16, -2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 30.24, 184.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0888 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.089 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1233, 20.5357, 23.6374)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8B80 #8B2B36

analogous

#2B8B50 #2B8B80 #2B668B

triadic

#2B8B80 #802B8B #8B802B

tetradic

#2B8B80 #502B8B #8B2B36 #668B2B

square

#2B8B80 #502B8B #8B2B36 #668B2B

split-complementary

#2B8B80 #8B2B66 #8B502B

monochromatic

#0E2E2A #1D5C55 #2B8B80 #39BAAB #62CEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#2B8B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#2B8B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8B80

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8B80	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)

#848380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ada4',
    500: '#2b8b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8b80;
$custom-light: #72ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.125,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57894,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8B80

secondary

#B55D67

accent

#4C5CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8B80

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

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