#2B9795#2B9795

#2B9795 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.094 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9795
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 149)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -29.83, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 30.81, 194.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0917 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.094 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4852, 24.8147, 32.2961)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9795 #972B2D

analogous

#2B975F #2B9795 #2B6397

triadic

#2B9795 #952B97 #97952B

tetradic

#2B9795 #5F2B97 #972B2D #63972B

square

#2B9795 #5F2B97 #972B2D #63972B

split-complementary

#2B9795 #972B63 #975F2B

monochromatic

#103837 #1D6766 #2B9795 #39C7C4 #68D4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2B9795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#2B9795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9795

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9795	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.094 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6b4',
    500: '#2b9795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9795;
$custom-light: #76b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.889,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61727,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9795

secondary

#BB6365

accent

#494CDF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9795

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

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