#2B9BAB#2B9BAB

#2B9BAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9BAB
RGB	rgb(43, 155, 171)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -25.02, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 30.39, 214.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0861 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.099 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0651, 26.8941, 42.6538)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9BAB #AB3B2B

analogous

#2BAB7B #2B9BAB #2B5BAB

triadic

#2B9BAB #AB2B9B #9BAB2B

tetradic

#2B9BAB #7B2BAB #AB3B2B #5BAB2B

square

#2B9BAB #7B2BAB #AB3B2B #5BAB2B

split-complementary

#2B9BAB #AB2B5B #AB7B2B

monochromatic

#124249 #1F6F7A #2B9BAB #43BED0 #74CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2B9BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2B9BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9BAB

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9BAB	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 155, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c4',
    500: '#2b9bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9bab;
$custom-light: #79b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63575,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9BAB

secondary

#C4796E

accent

#5945E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9BAB

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

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