#2B997D#2B997D

#2B997D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.106 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B997D
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -37.45, 5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 37.92, 171.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.1052 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.106 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0873, 24.7749, 23.3322)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B997D #992B47

analogous

#2B9946 #2B997D #2B7E99

triadic

#2B997D #7D2B99 #997D2B

tetradic

#2B997D #462B99 #992B47 #7E992B

square

#2B997D #462B99 #992B47 #7E992B

split-complementary

#2B997D #992B7E #99462B

monochromatic

#10392F #1E6956 #2B997D #3AC8A3 #69D5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#2B997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#2B997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B997D

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B997D	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85847F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.106 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a2',
    500: '#2b997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b997d;
$custom-light: #74b8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.727,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61471,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B997D

secondary

#BC647A

accent

#486FDF

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B997D

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

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