#2B8E79#2B8E79

#2B8E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.096 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8E79
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -33.51, 2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 33.65, 174.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0954 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.096 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1187, 21.2385, 21.4408)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8E79 #8E2B40

analogous

#2B8E48 #2B8E79 #2B728E

triadic

#2B8E79 #792B8E #8E792B

tetradic

#2B8E79 #482B8E #8E2B40 #728E2B

square

#2B8E79 #482B8E #8E2B40 #728E2B

split-complementary

#2B8E79 #8E2B72 #8E482B

monochromatic

#0F3029 #1D5F51 #2B8E79 #39BDA1 #63D0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2B8E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2B8E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8E79

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8E79	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.096 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72af9f',
    500: '#2b8e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8e79;
$custom-light: #72af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.273,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58458,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8E79

secondary

#B65F71

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8E79

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