#2B8D9F#2B8D9F

#2B8D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.091 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8D9F
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -21.66, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 27.95, 219.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0769 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.091 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7765, 22.0646, 36.1689)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8D9F #9F3D2B

analogous

#2B9F77 #2B8D9F #2B539F

triadic

#2B8D9F #9F2B8D #8D9F2B

tetradic

#2B8D9F #772B9F #9F3D2B #539F2B

square

#2B8D9F #772B9F #9F3D2B #539F2B

split-complementary

#2B8D9F #9F2B53 #9F772B

monochromatic

#11383F #1E626F #2B8D9F #3DB4CA #6DC7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2B8D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2B8D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8D9F

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8D9F	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)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.091 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aebb',
    500: '#2b8d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8d9f;
$custom-light: #76aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59576,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8D9F

secondary

#BE7567

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8D9F

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

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