#2B999B#2B999B

#2B999B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.095 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B999B
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -29.01, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 30.65, 198.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0911 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.095 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3012, 25.6604, 34.9924)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B999B #9B2D2B

analogous

#2B9B65 #2B999B #2B619B

triadic

#2B999B #9B2B99 #999B2B

tetradic

#2B999B #652B9B #9B2D2B #619B2B

square

#2B999B #652B9B #9B2D2B #619B2B

split-complementary

#2B999B #9B2B61 #9B652B

monochromatic

#103A3B #1E6A6B #2B999B #3BC6C9 #6BD4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2B999B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#2B999B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B999B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B999B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B999B	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b999b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.095 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7b8',
    500: '#2b999b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b999b;
$custom-light: #77b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b999b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62455,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B999B

secondary

#BC6765

accent

#4B48E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B999B

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

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