#2B97A5#2B97A5

#2B97A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.096 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B97A5
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 165)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -24.90, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 29.62, 212.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0846 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.096 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8514, 25.3612, 39.4917)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B97A5 #A5392B

analogous

#2BA576 #2B97A5 #2B5AA5

triadic

#2B97A5 #A52B97 #97A52B

tetradic

#2B97A5 #762BA5 #A5392B #5AA52B

square

#2B97A5 #762BA5 #A5392B #5AA52B

split-complementary

#2B97A5 #A52B5A #A5762B

monochromatic

#123E44 #1E6B74 #2B97A5 #40BDCD #71CEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2B97A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#2B97A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97A5

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B97A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B97A5	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7885A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b97a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.096 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6bf',
    500: '#2b97a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b97a5;
$custom-light: #78b6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b97a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.885,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62333,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B97A5

secondary

#C1756B

accent

#5846E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B97A5

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

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