#2B979E#2B979E

#2B979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.094 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B979E
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -27.10, -12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 29.80, 204.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0876 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.094 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2317, 25.1133, 36.2276)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B979E #9E322B

analogous

#2B9E6C #2B979E #2B5E9E

triadic

#2B979E #9E2B97 #979E2B

tetradic

#2B979E #6C2B9E #9E322B #5E9E2B

square

#2B979E #6C2B9E #9E322B #5E9E2B

split-complementary

#2B979E #9E2B5E #9E6C2B

monochromatic

#113B3E #1E696E #2B979E #3CC1CA #6CD1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2B979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#2B979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B979E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B979E	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)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.094 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6ba',
    500: '#2b979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b979e;
$custom-light: #77b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.652,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6206,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B979E

secondary

#BE6C67

accent

#5147E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B979E

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

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