#2B8D8B#2B8D8B

#2B8D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.088 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8D8B
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, -27.92, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 28.82, 194.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0858 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.088 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.1792, 21.4257, 27.7567)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8D8B #8D2B2D

analogous

#2B8D5A #2B8D8B #2B5E8D

triadic

#2B8D8B #8B2B8D #8D8B2B

tetradic

#2B8D8B #5A2B8D #8D2B2D #5E8D2B

square

#2B8D8B #5A2B8D #8D2B2D #5E8D2B

split-complementary

#2B8D8B #8D2B5E #8D5A2B

monochromatic

#0E2F2F #1D5E5D #2B8D8B #39BCB9 #63CFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2B8D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2B8D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8D8B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8D8B	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.088 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afac',
    500: '#2b8d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8d8b;
$custom-light: #74afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58797,
    "c": 0.08802,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8D8B

secondary

#B65E60

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8D8B

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

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