#2B9796#2B9796

#2B9796 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.094 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9796
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -29.53, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 30.66, 195.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0912 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.094 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5654, 24.8468, 32.7184)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9796 #972B2C

analogous

#2B9760 #2B9796 #2B6297

triadic

#2B9796 #962B97 #97962B

tetradic

#2B9796 #602B97 #972B2C #62972B

square

#2B9796 #602B97 #972B2C #62972B

split-complementary

#2B9796 #972B62 #97602B

monochromatic

#103837 #1D6767 #2B9796 #39C7C5 #68D4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2B9796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#2B9796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9796

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9796	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.094 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6b4',
    500: '#2b9796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9796;
$custom-light: #76b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.444,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61763,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9796

secondary

#BB6364

accent

#494ADF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9796

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

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