#2B997F#2B997F

#2B997F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.105 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B997F
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, -36.93, 4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 37.25, 172.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.1043 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.105 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2163, 24.8265, 24.0119)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B997F #992B45

analogous

#2B9948 #2B997F #2B7C99

triadic

#2B997F #7F2B99 #997F2B

tetradic

#2B997F #482B99 #992B45 #7C992B

square

#2B997F #482B99 #992B45 #7C992B

split-complementary

#2B997F #992B7C #99482B

monochromatic

#103930 #1E6957 #2B997F #3AC8A6 #69D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2B997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#2B997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B997F

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B997F	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.105 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a4',
    500: '#2b997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b997f;
$custom-light: #74b8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.818,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6153,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B997F

secondary

#BC6479

accent

#486CDF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B997F

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

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