#2B8B8A#2B8B8A

#2B8B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.087 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8B8A
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -27.23, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 28.25, 195.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0841 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.087 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.8143, 20.8121, 27.2762)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8B8A #8B2B2C

analogous

#2B8B5A #2B8B8A #2B5C8B

triadic

#2B8B8A #8A2B8B #8B8A2B

tetradic

#2B8B8A #5A2B8B #8B2B2C #5C8B2B

square

#2B8B8A #5A2B8B #8B2B2C #5C8B2B

split-complementary

#2B8B8A #8B2B5C #8B5A2B

monochromatic

#0E2E2D #1D5C5C #2B8B8A #39BAB8 #62CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#2B8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#2B8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8B8A

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8B8A	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.087 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adac',
    500: '#2b8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8b8a;
$custom-light: #73adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.375,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58243,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8B8A

secondary

#B55D5E

accent

#4C4DDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8B8A

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

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