#2B8E8A#2B8E8A

#2B8E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.089 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8E8A
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -28.71, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 29.36, 192.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0873 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.089 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2546, 21.6928, 27.4230)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8E8A #8E2B2F

analogous

#2B8E59 #2B8E8A #2B618E

triadic

#2B8E8A #8A2B8E #8E8A2B

tetradic

#2B8E8A #592B8E #8E2B2F #618E2B

square

#2B8E8A #592B8E #8E2B2F #618E2B

split-complementary

#2B8E8A #8E2B61 #8E592B

monochromatic

#0F302F #1D5F5C #2B8E8A #39BDB8 #63D0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2B8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2B8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8E8A

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8E8A	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.089 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afac',
    500: '#2b8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8e8a;
$custom-light: #74afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.576,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59019,
    "c": 0.08895,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8E8A

secondary

#B65F62

accent

#4B51DD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8E8A

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

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