#2B979B#2B979B

#2B979B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.094 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B979B
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -28.02, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 30.04, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.089 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.094 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9766, 25.0112, 34.8842)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B979B #9B2F2B

analogous

#2B9B67 #2B979B #2B5F9B

triadic

#2B979B #9B2B97 #979B2B

tetradic

#2B979B #672B9B #9B2F2B #5F9B2B

square

#2B979B #672B9B #9B2F2B #5F9B2B

split-complementary

#2B979B #9B2B5F #9B672B

monochromatic

#103A3B #1E686B #2B979B #3BC3C9 #6BD2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#2B979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#2B979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B979B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B979B	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.094 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6b8',
    500: '#2b979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b979b;
$custom-light: #76b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61946,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B979B

secondary

#BC6865

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B979B

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

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