#2B9B99#2B9B99

#2B9B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.097 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9B99
RGB	rgb(43, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -30.58, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 31.59, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.094 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.097 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4647, 26.2540, 34.2252)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9B99 #9B2B2D

analogous

#2B9B61 #2B9B99 #2B659B

triadic

#2B9B99 #992B9B #9B992B

tetradic

#2B9B99 #612B9B #9B2B2D #659B2B

square

#2B9B99 #612B9B #9B2B2D #659B2B

split-complementary

#2B9B99 #9B2B65 #9B612B

monochromatic

#103B3A #1E6B6A #2B9B99 #3BC9C6 #6BD6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#2B9B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#2B9B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9B99

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9B99	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.097 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9b7',
    500: '#2b9b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9b99;
$custom-light: #77b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.929,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62891,
    "c": 0.09658,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9B99

secondary

#BC6567

accent

#484BE0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9B99

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

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