#2B9499#2B9499

#2B9499 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.092 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9499
RGB	rgb(43, 148, 153)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 3.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -27.14, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 29.37, 202.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0868 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.092 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3334, 23.9913, 33.8481)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9499 #99302B

analogous

#2B9967 #2B9499 #2B5D99

triadic

#2B9499 #992B94 #94992B

tetradic

#2B9499 #672B99 #99302B #5D992B

square

#2B9499 #672B99 #99302B #5D992B

split-complementary

#2B9499 #992B5D #99672B

monochromatic

#103839 #1E6669 #2B9499 #3AC1C8 #69D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#2B9499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#2B9499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9499

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9499	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79819A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 148, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.092 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b7',
    500: '#2b9499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9499;
$custom-light: #76b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61109,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9499

secondary

#BC6864

accent

#4F48DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9499

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

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