#2B8D9C#2B8D9C

#2B8D9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.090 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8D9C
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -22.63, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 27.77, 215.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0782 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.09 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5193, 21.9617, 34.8145)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8D9C #9C3A2B

analogous

#2B9C73 #2B8D9C #2B559C

triadic

#2B8D9C #9C2B8D #8D9C2B

tetradic

#2B8D9C #732B9C #9C3A2B #559C2B

square

#2B8D9C #732B9C #9C3A2B #559C2B

split-complementary

#2B8D9C #9C2B55 #9C732B

monochromatic

#11363C #1E626C #2B8D9C #3BB6C9 #6BC8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2B8D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2B8D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8D9C

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8D9C	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.090 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeb9',
    500: '#2b8d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8d9c;
$custom-light: #75aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.965,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59451,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8D9C

secondary

#BD7166

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8D9C

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

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