#2B99A8#2B99A8

#2B99A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.097 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B99A8
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 168)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -24.96, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 30.00, 213.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0854 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.097 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4523, 26.1209, 41.0548)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B99A8 #A83A2B

analogous

#2BA879 #2B99A8 #2B5BA8

triadic

#2B99A8 #A82B99 #99A82B

tetradic

#2B99A8 #792BA8 #A83A2B #5BA82B

square

#2B99A8 #792BA8 #A83A2B #5BA82B

split-complementary

#2B99A8 #A82B5B #A8792B

monochromatic

#124047 #1F6D77 #2B99A8 #42BECF #72CEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2B99A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#2B99A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B99A8

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B99A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B99A8	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A86A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b99a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.097 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b7c1',
    500: '#2b99a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b99a8;
$custom-light: #78b7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b99a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62955,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B99A8

secondary

#C2776C

accent

#5845E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B99A8

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

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