#2B979D#2B979D

#2B979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.094 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B979D
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -27.41, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 29.87, 203.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0881 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.094 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1460, 25.0790, 35.7761)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B979D #9D312B

analogous

#2B9D6A #2B979D #2B5E9D

triadic

#2B979D #9D2B97 #979D2B

tetradic

#2B979D #6A2B9D #9D312B #5E9D2B

square

#2B979D #6A2B9D #9D312B #5E9D2B

split-complementary

#2B979D #9D2B5E #9D6A2B

monochromatic

#113B3D #1E696D #2B979D #3CC2CA #6CD1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2B979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#2B979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B979D

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B979D	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.094 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6b9',
    500: '#2b979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b979d;
$custom-light: #77b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62022,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B979D

secondary

#BD6B66

accent

#5048E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B979D

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

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