#2B9696#2B9696

#2B9696 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.093 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9696
RGB	rgb(43, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, -29.04, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 30.32, 196.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0902 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.093 195)
XYZ	xyz(17.4051, 24.5262, 32.6650)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9696 #962B2B

analogous

#2B9660 #2B9696 #2B6096

triadic

#2B9696 #962B96 #96962B

tetradic

#2B9696 #602B96 #962B2B #60962B

square

#2B9696 #602B96 #962B2B #60962B

split-complementary

#2B9696 #962B60 #96602B

monochromatic

#103737 #1D6666 #2B9696 #39C6C6 #68D4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2B9696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#2B9696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9696

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9696	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.093 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b5b4',
    500: '#2b9696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9696;
$custom-light: #76b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61507,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.24528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9696

secondary

#BA6363

accent

#4949DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9696

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

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