#2B9980#2B9980

#2B9980 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.104 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9980
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 16.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -36.67, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 36.93, 173.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.1038 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.104 174)
XYZ	xyz(16.2818, 24.8527, 24.3568)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9980 #992B44

analogous

#2B9949 #2B9980 #2B7B99

triadic

#2B9980 #802B99 #99802B

tetradic

#2B9980 #492B99 #992B44 #7B992B

square

#2B9980 #492B99 #992B44 #7B992B

split-complementary

#2B9980 #992B7B #99492B

monochromatic

#103930 #1E6958 #2B9980 #3AC8A7 #69D5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2B9980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#2B9980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9980

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9980	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)

#948F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.104 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8a4',
    500: '#2b9980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9980;
$custom-light: #75b8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61559,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.24855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9980

secondary

#BC6478

accent

#486BDF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9980

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

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