#2B9898#2B9898

#2B9898 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.095 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9898
RGB	rgb(43, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -29.42, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 30.71, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0914 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.095 195)
XYZ	xyz(17.8894, 25.2350, 33.6277)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9898 #982B2B

analogous

#2B9861 #2B9898 #2B6198

triadic

#2B9898 #982B98 #98982B

tetradic

#2B9898 #612B98 #982B2B #61982B

square

#2B9898 #612B98 #982B2B #61982B

split-complementary

#2B9898 #982B61 #98612B

monochromatic

#103939 #1E6868 #2B9898 #39C7C7 #69D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2B9898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#2B9898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9898

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9898	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.095 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b6',
    500: '#2b9898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9898;
$custom-light: #76b7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62091,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.25237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9898

secondary

#BB6464

accent

#4949DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9898

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

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