#2B8B96#2B8B96

#2B8B96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.088 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8B96
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -23.51, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 27.32, 210.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0787 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.088 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7315, 21.1790, 32.1071)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8B96 #96362B

analogous

#2B966B #2B8B96 #2B5696

triadic

#2B8B96 #962B8B #8B962B

tetradic

#2B8B96 #6B2B96 #96362B #56962B

square

#2B8B96 #6B2B96 #96362B #56962B

split-complementary

#2B8B96 #962B56 #966B2B

monochromatic

#103337 #1D5F66 #2B8B96 #39B7C6 #68C9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2B8B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#2B8B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8B96

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8B96	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.088 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adb4',
    500: '#2b8b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8b96;
$custom-light: #74adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.168,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58702,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8B96

secondary

#BA6C63

accent

#5849DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8B96

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

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