#2B9995#2B9995

#2B9995 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.096 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9995
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 149)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -30.80, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 31.53, 192.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0938 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.096 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8098, 25.4639, 32.4043)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9995 #992B2F

analogous

#2B995E #2B9995 #2B6699

triadic

#2B9995 #952B99 #99952B

tetradic

#2B9995 #5E2B99 #992B2F #66992B

square

#2B9995 #5E2B99 #992B2F #66992B

split-complementary

#2B9995 #992B66 #995E2B

monochromatic

#103938 #1E6966 #2B9995 #3AC8C2 #69D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#2B9995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#2B9995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9995

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9995	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.096 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b4',
    500: '#2b9995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9995;
$custom-light: #76b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62239,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9995

secondary

#BC6467

accent

#484EDF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9995

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

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