#2B9596#2B9596

#2B9596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.093 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9596
RGB	rgb(43, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -28.55, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 29.99, 197.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0892 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.093 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2462, 24.2085, 32.6120)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9596 #962C2B

analogous

#2B9662 #2B9596 #2B5F96

triadic

#2B9596 #962B95 #95962B

tetradic

#2B9596 #622B96 #962C2B #5F962B

square

#2B9596 #622B96 #962C2B #5F962B

split-complementary

#2B9596 #962B5F #96622B

monochromatic

#103737 #1D6666 #2B9596 #39C4C6 #68D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#2B9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#2B9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9596

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9596	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.093 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b4',
    500: '#2b9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9596;
$custom-light: #76b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61252,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9596

secondary

#BA6463

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9596

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

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