#2B9BAE#2B9BAE

#2B9BAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9BAE
RGB	rgb(43, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -24.06, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 30.52, 217.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0848 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.1 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3543, 27.0098, 44.1769)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9BAE #AE3E2B

analogous

#2BAE7F #2B9BAE #2B5AAE

triadic

#2B9BAE #AE2B9B #9BAE2B

tetradic

#2B9BAE #7F2BAE #AE3E2B #5AAE2B

square

#2B9BAE #7F2BAE #AE3E2B #5AAE2B

split-complementary

#2B9BAE #AE2B5A #AE7F2B

monochromatic

#13444C #1F6F7D #2B9BAE #45BDD1 #76CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2B9BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#2B9BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9BAE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9BAE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c6',
    500: '#2b9bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9bae;
$custom-light: #79b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.702,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63697,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9BAE

secondary

#C57C70

accent

#5B44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9BAE

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

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