#2B8D79#2B8D79

#2B8D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.095 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8D79
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -33.05, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 33.14, 175.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0944 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.095 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9706, 20.9422, 21.3914)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8D79 #8D2B3F

analogous

#2B8D48 #2B8D79 #2B708D

triadic

#2B8D79 #792B8D #8D792B

tetradic

#2B8D79 #482B8D #8D2B3F #708D2B

square

#2B8D79 #482B8D #8D2B3F #708D2B

split-complementary

#2B8D79 #8D2B70 #8D482B

monochromatic

#0E2F29 #1D5E51 #2B8D79 #39BCA1 #63CFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#2B8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#2B8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8D79

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8D79	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.095 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72af9f',
    500: '#2b8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8d79;
$custom-light: #72af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.755,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58194,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8D79

secondary

#B65E70

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8D79

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

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