#2B979C#2B979C

#2B979C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.094 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B979C
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -27.71, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 29.95, 202.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0885 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.094 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0609, 25.0450, 35.3283)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B979C #9C302B

analogous

#2B9C69 #2B979C #2B5F9C

triadic

#2B979C #9C2B97 #979C2B

tetradic

#2B979C #692B9C #9C302B #5F9C2B

square

#2B979C #692B9C #9C302B #5F9C2B

split-complementary

#2B979C #9C2B5F #9C692B

monochromatic

#113A3C #1E696C #2B979C #3BC3C9 #6BD2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2B979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#2B979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B979C

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B979C	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.094 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6b9',
    500: '#2b979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b979c;
$custom-light: #77b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.655,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61984,
    "c": 0.09399,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B979C

secondary

#BD6A66

accent

#4E48E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B979C

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

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