#2B959B#2B959B

#2B959B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.093 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B959B
RGB	rgb(43, 149, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -27.03, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 29.48, 203.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0869 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.093 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6575, 24.3730, 34.7778)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B959B #9B312B

analogous

#2B9B69 #2B959B #2B5D9B

triadic

#2B959B #9B2B95 #959B2B

tetradic

#2B959B #692B9B #9B312B #5D9B2B

square

#2B959B #692B9B #9B312B #5D9B2B

split-complementary

#2B959B #9B2B5D #9B692B

monochromatic

#10393B #1E676B #2B959B #3BC1C9 #6BD0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#2B959B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#2B959B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B959B

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B959B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B959B	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b959b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 149, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.093 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b8',
    500: '#2b959b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b959b;
$custom-light: #76b4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b959b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61439,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B959B

secondary

#BC6A65

accent

#5048E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B959B

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

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