#2B9AA8#2B9AA8

#2B9AA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.097 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9AA8
RGB	rgb(43, 154, 168)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -25.47, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 30.17, 212.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0864 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.097 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6167, 26.4496, 41.1096)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9AA8 #A8392B

analogous

#2BA878 #2B9AA8 #2B5CA8

triadic

#2B9AA8 #A82B9A #9AA82B

tetradic

#2B9AA8 #782BA8 #A8392B #5CA82B

square

#2B9AA8 #782BA8 #A8392B #5CA82B

split-complementary

#2B9AA8 #A82B5C #A8782B

monochromatic

#124147 #1F6D77 #2B9AA8 #42BFCF #72CFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#2B9AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#2B9AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9AA8

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9AA8	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 154, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.097 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c1',
    500: '#2b9aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9aa8;
$custom-light: #78b8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.72,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63205,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9AA8

secondary

#C2766C

accent

#5745E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9AA8

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

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