#2B8B87#2B8B87

#2B8B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.087 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8B87
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -28.12, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 28.74, 191.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0855 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.087 191)
XYZ	xyz(14.6001, 20.7264, 26.1481)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8B87 #8B2B2F

analogous

#2B8B57 #2B8B87 #2B5F8B

triadic

#2B8B87 #872B8B #8B872B

tetradic

#2B8B87 #572B8B #8B2B2F #5F8B2B

square

#2B8B87 #572B8B #8B2B2F #5F8B2B

split-complementary

#2B8B87 #8B2B5F #8B572B

monochromatic

#0E2E2C #1D5C5A #2B8B87 #39BAB4 #62CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#2B8B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#2B8B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8B87

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8B87	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.087 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ada9',
    500: '#2b8b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8b87;
$custom-light: #73ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58135,
    "c": 0.08707,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.20728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8B87

secondary

#B55D61

accent

#4C52DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8B87

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

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