#2B8D8F#2B8D8F

#2B8D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.088 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8D8F
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -26.71, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 28.27, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0839 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.088 197)
XYZ	xyz(15.4768, 21.5447, 29.3241)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8D8F #8F2D2B

analogous

#2B8F5F #2B8D8F #2B5B8F

triadic

#2B8D8F #8F2B8D #8D8F2B

tetradic

#2B8D8F #5F2B8F #8F2D2B #5B8F2B

square

#2B8D8F #5F2B8F #8F2D2B #5B8F2B

split-complementary

#2B8D8F #8F2B5B #8F5F2B

monochromatic

#0F3031 #1D5F60 #2B8D8F #39BBBE #64CED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2B8D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2B8D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8D8F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8D8F	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.088 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeaf',
    500: '#2b8d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8d8f;
$custom-light: #74aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 53.763,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58943,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.21547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8D8F

secondary

#B7615F

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8D8F

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

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