#2B8B9D#2B8B9D

#2B8B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.090 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8B9D
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -21.26, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 27.58, 219.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0757 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.09 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3121, 21.4112, 35.1648)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8B9D #9D3D2B

analogous

#2B9D76 #2B8B9D #2B529D

triadic

#2B8B9D #9D2B8B #8B9D2B

tetradic

#2B8B9D #762B9D #9D3D2B #529D2B

square

#2B8B9D #762B9D #9D3D2B #529D2B

split-complementary

#2B8B9D #9D2B52 #9D762B

monochromatic

#11363D #1E606D #2B8B9D #3CB3CA #6CC6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2B8B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#2B8B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8B9D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8B9D	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.090 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adba',
    500: '#2b8b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8b9d;
$custom-light: #75adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58988,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8B9D

secondary

#BD7466

accent

#6048E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8B9D

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

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