#2B999E#2B999E

#2B999E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.095 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B999E
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -28.09, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 30.34, 202.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0897 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.095 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5563, 25.7625, 36.3358)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B999E #9E302B

analogous

#2B9E6A #2B999E #2B5F9E

triadic

#2B999E #9E2B99 #999E2B

tetradic

#2B999E #6A2B9E #9E302B #5F9E2B

square

#2B999E #6A2B9E #9E302B #5F9E2B

split-complementary

#2B999E #9E2B5F #9E6A2B

monochromatic

#113C3E #1E6A6E #2B999E #3CC4CA #6CD2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2B999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#2B999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B999E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B999E	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.095 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7ba',
    500: '#2b999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b999e;
$custom-light: #77b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62566,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B999E

secondary

#BE6B67

accent

#4E47E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B999E

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

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