#2B9E8B#2B9E8B

#2B9E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9E8B
RGB	rgb(43, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -35.98, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 35.99, 178.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.1037 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.104 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8810, 26.8293, 28.6573)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9E8B #9E2B3E

analogous

#2B9E52 #2B9E8B #2B789E

triadic

#2B9E8B #8B2B9E #9E8B2B

tetradic

#2B9E8B #522B9E #9E2B3E #789E2B

square

#2B9E8B #522B9E #9E2B3E #789E2B

split-complementary

#2B9E8B #9E2B78 #9E522B

monochromatic

#113E36 #1E6E61 #2B9E8B #3CCAB3 #6CD7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#2B9E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#2B9E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9E8B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9E8B	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbac',
    500: '#2b9e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9e8b;
$custom-light: #76bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.087,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63195,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9E8B

secondary

#BE6775

accent

#4761E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9E8B

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

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