#2B97A8#2B97A8

#2B97A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.097 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B97A8
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -23.94, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 29.70, 216.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0833 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.097 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1277, 25.4717, 40.9466)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B97A8 #A83C2B

analogous

#2BA87B #2B97A8 #2B59A8

triadic

#2B97A8 #A82B97 #97A82B

tetradic

#2B97A8 #7B2BA8 #A83C2B #59A82B

square

#2B97A8 #7B2BA8 #A83C2B #59A82B

split-complementary

#2B97A8 #A82B59 #A87B2B

monochromatic

#123F47 #1F6B77 #2B97A8 #42BBCF #72CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#2B97A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#2B97A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97A8

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B97A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B97A8	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7785A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b97a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.097 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6c1',
    500: '#2b97a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b97a8;
$custom-light: #78b6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b97a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.16,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62455,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B97A8

secondary

#C2786C

accent

#5B45E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B97A8

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

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