#2b848a

Color #2b848a

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 6.14 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2b848a

RGB

rgb(43, 132, 138)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 52.5%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 68.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(50.51, -23.68, -10.9)

LCH

lch(50.51, 26.07, 204.72)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.0822, 201.54)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 16.9%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a312b

Analogous

#2b8a61

#2b848a

#2b558a

Triadic

#2b848a

#8a2b84

#848a2b

Split-complementary

#2b848a

#8a2b55

#8a612b

Tetradic

#2b848a

#312b8a

#8a312b

#848a2b

Square

#2b848a

#612b8a

#8a312b

#558a2b

Shades

Color #2b848a mixed toward black.

#246e73

#1d585c

#154245

#0e2c2e

#071617

Tints

Color #2b848a mixed toward white.

#38acb4

#58c4cb

#82d2d8

#abe1e5

#d5f0f2

Tones

Color #2b848a mixed toward gray.

#337d82

#3b767a

#436f72

#4b686a

#536162

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f89 · ΔE 27.3

Deuteranopia

#5a5388 · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#348787 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b848a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b848a]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2b848a (#2b848a) is rgb(43, 132, 138) in RGB.

No, #2b848a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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