#2B979F#2B979F

#2B979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.094 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B979F
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -26.79, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 29.74, 205.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0872 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.094 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3181, 25.1478, 36.6828)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B979F #9F332B

analogous

#2B9F6D #2B979F #2B5D9F

triadic

#2B979F #9F2B97 #979F2B

tetradic

#2B979F #6D2B9F #9F332B #5D9F2B

square

#2B979F #6D2B9F #9F332B #5D9F2B

split-complementary

#2B979F #9F2B5D #9F6D2B

monochromatic

#113C3F #1E696F #2B979F #3DC1CA #6DD0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2B979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#2B979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B979F

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B979F	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.094 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6bb',
    500: '#2b979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b979f;
$custom-light: #77b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62098,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B979F

secondary

#BE6D67

accent

#5247E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B979F

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

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