#2B8D8A#2B8D8A

#2B8D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.088 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8D8A
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -28.22, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 28.98, 193.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0862 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.088 192)
XYZ	xyz(15.1065, 21.3966, 27.3736)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8D8A #8D2B2E

analogous

#2B8D59 #2B8D8A #2B5F8D

triadic

#2B8D8A #8A2B8D #8D8A2B

tetradic

#2B8D8A #592B8D #8D2B2E #5F8D2B

square

#2B8D8A #592B8D #8D2B2E #5F8D2B

split-complementary

#2B8D8A #8D2B5F #8D592B

monochromatic

#0E2F2E #1D5E5C #2B8D8A #39BCB8 #63CFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2B8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#2B8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8D8A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8D8A	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)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.088 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afac',
    500: '#2b8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8d8a;
$custom-light: #73afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.163,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58761,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.21398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8D8A

secondary

#B65E61

accent

#4B50DD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8D8A

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

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