#2B9991#2B9991

#2B9991 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.097 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9991
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 145)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 5.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -31.97, -4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 32.31, 188.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0956 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.097 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4959, 25.3383, 30.7513)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9991 #992B33

analogous

#2B995A #2B9991 #2B6A99

triadic

#2B9991 #912B99 #99912B

tetradic

#2B9991 #5A2B99 #992B33 #6A992B

square

#2B9991 #5A2B99 #992B33 #6A992B

split-complementary

#2B9991 #992B6A #995A2B

monochromatic

#103936 #1E6964 #2B9991 #3AC8BD #69D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2B9991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#2B9991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9991

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9991	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.097 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b1',
    500: '#2b9991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9991;
$custom-light: #76b7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.621,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9991

secondary

#BC646B

accent

#4853DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9991

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

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