#2B9798#2B9798

#2B9798 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.094 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9798
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -28.93, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 30.38, 197.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0903 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.094 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7278, 24.9117, 33.5738)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9798 #982C2B

analogous

#2B9862 #2B9798 #2B6198

triadic

#2B9798 #982B97 #97982B

tetradic

#2B9798 #622B98 #982C2B #61982B

square

#2B9798 #622B98 #982C2B #61982B

split-complementary

#2B9798 #982B61 #98622B

monochromatic

#103839 #1E6868 #2B9798 #39C6C7 #69D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#2B9798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#2B9798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9798

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9798	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.094 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6b6',
    500: '#2b9798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9798;
$custom-light: #76b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.55,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61836,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9798

secondary

#BB6564

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9798

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

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