#2B9B8E#2B9B8E

#2B9B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.099 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9B8E
RGB	rgb(43, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -33.77, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 33.84, 183.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0991 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.099 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5978, 25.9072, 29.6591)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9B8E #9B2B38

analogous

#2B9B56 #2B9B8E #2B709B

triadic

#2B9B8E #8E2B9B #9B8E2B

tetradic

#2B9B8E #562B9B #9B2B38 #709B2B

square

#2B9B8E #562B9B #9B2B38 #709B2B

split-complementary

#2B9B8E #9B2B70 #9B562B

monochromatic

#103B36 #1E6B62 #2B9B8E #3BC9B8 #6BD6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2B9B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#2B9B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9B8E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9B8E	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.099 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9af',
    500: '#2b9b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9b8e;
$custom-light: #76b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.036,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62515,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9B8E

secondary

#BC656F

accent

#485AE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9B8E

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

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