#2B9599#2B9599

#2B9599 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.093 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9599
RGB	rgb(43, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -27.64, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 29.65, 201.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0878 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.093 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4909, 24.3063, 33.9006)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9599 #992F2B

analogous

#2B9966 #2B9599 #2B5E99

triadic

#2B9599 #992B95 #95992B

tetradic

#2B9599 #662B99 #992F2B #5E992B

square

#2B9599 #662B99 #992F2B #5E992B

split-complementary

#2B9599 #992B5E #99662B

monochromatic

#103839 #1E6669 #2B9599 #3AC2C8 #69D1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#2B9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#2B9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9599

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9599	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A829A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.093 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b7',
    500: '#2b9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9599;
$custom-light: #76b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.182,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61363,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9599

secondary

#BC6764

accent

#4E48DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9599

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

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