#2B959E#2B959E

#2B959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.093 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B959E
RGB	rgb(43, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -26.09, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 29.31, 207.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0856 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.093 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9125, 24.4750, 36.1212)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B959E #9E342B

analogous

#2B9E6E #2B959E #2B5B9E

triadic

#2B959E #9E2B95 #959E2B

tetradic

#2B959E #6E2B9E #9E342B #5B9E2B

square

#2B959E #6E2B9E #9E342B #5B9E2B

split-complementary

#2B959E #9E2B5B #9E6E2B

monochromatic

#113A3E #1E686E #2B959E #3CBFCA #6CCFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2B959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#2B959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B959E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B959E	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.093 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4ba',
    500: '#2b959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b959e;
$custom-light: #76b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.696,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61554,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B959E

secondary

#BE6E67

accent

#5347E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B959E

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

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