#2B8D9A#2B8D9A

#2B8D9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.089 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8D9A
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -23.27, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 27.72, 212.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.079 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.089 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3514, 21.8945, 33.9299)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8D9A #9A382B

analogous

#2B9A6F #2B8D9A #2B559A

triadic

#2B8D9A #9A2B8D #8D9A2B

tetradic

#2B8D9A #6F2B9A #9A382B #559A2B

square

#2B8D9A #6F2B9A #9A382B #559A2B

split-complementary

#2B8D9A #9A2B55 #9A6F2B

monochromatic

#10353A #1E616A #2B8D9A #3AB7C8 #6AC9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2B8D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2B8D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8D9A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8D9A	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.089 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeb7',
    500: '#2b8d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8d9a;
$custom-light: #75aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.027,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5937,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8D9A

secondary

#BC6F65

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8D9A

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

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