#2B9987#2B9987

#2B9987 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B9987
RGBrgb(43, 153, 135)
HSLhsl(170, 56%, 38%)
HSVhsv(170, 72%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 0%, 11.8%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(57.12, -34.79, 0.62)
CIE-LCHlch(57.12, 34.80, 178.98°)
OKLaboklab(61.77% -0.1004 0.0011)
OKLCHoklch(61.77% 0.1 179.4)
XYZxyz(16.7585, 25.0434, 26.8676)
Luminance0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B9987 #992B3D
analogous
#2B9950 #2B9987 #2B7499
triadic
#2B9987 #872B99 #99872B
tetradic
#2B9987 #502B99 #992B3D #74992B
square
#2B9987 #502B99 #992B3D #74992B
split-complementary
#2B9987 #992B74 #99502B
monochromatic
#103933 #1E695D #2B9987 #3AC8B0 #69D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49
#2B9987 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01
#2B9987 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9987
6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B9987#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2B99871.003.496.016.01
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0121.001.001.00
##0000006.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#929086
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#838488
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009C94
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b9987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 179.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7a9',
    500: '#2b9987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b9987;
$custom-light: #75b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b9987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.182,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61773,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B9987
secondary
#BC6473
accent
#4861DF
background
#F7FBFA
surface
#EEF6F4
border
#C9D0CE
text
#091110
muted
#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9987

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#2B9987 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva