#2B8D9E#2B8D9E

#2B8D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.091 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8D9E
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -21.99, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 27.88, 217.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0773 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.091 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6901, 22.0300, 35.7137)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8D9E #9E3C2B

analogous

#2B9E76 #2B8D9E #2B539E

triadic

#2B8D9E #9E2B8D #8D9E2B

tetradic

#2B8D9E #762B9E #9E3C2B #539E2B

square

#2B8D9E #762B9E #9E3C2B #539E2B

split-complementary

#2B8D9E #9E2B53 #9E762B

monochromatic

#11373E #1E626E #2B8D9E #3CB5CA #6CC7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2B8D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2B8D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8D9E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8D9E	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.091 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeba',
    500: '#2b8d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8d9e;
$custom-light: #76aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.87,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59534,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8D9E

secondary

#BE7467

accent

#5E47E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8D9E

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

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