#2B9BAD#2B9BAD

#2B9BAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.099 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9BAD
RGB	rgb(43, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -24.38, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 30.47, 216.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0853 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.099 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2572, 26.9710, 43.6653)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9BAD #AD3D2B

analogous

#2BAD7E #2B9BAD #2B5AAD

triadic

#2B9BAD #AD2B9B #9BAD2B

tetradic

#2B9BAD #7E2BAD #AD3D2B #5AAD2B

square

#2B9BAD #7E2BAD #AD3D2B #5AAD2B

split-complementary

#2B9BAD #AD2B5A #AD7E2B

monochromatic

#13434B #1F6F7C #2B9BAD #45BDD1 #76CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2B9BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2B9BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9BAD

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9BAD	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.099 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c5',
    500: '#2b9bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9bad;
$custom-light: #79b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.308,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63656,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9BAD

secondary

#C47B6F

accent

#5A44E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9BAD

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

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