#2B9CA9#2B9CA9

#2B9CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.098 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CA9
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -26.17, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 30.54, 211.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.088 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.098 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0430, 27.1527, 41.7131)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CA9 #A9382B

analogous

#2BA977 #2B9CA9 #2B5DA9

triadic

#2B9CA9 #A92B9C #9CA92B

tetradic

#2B9CA9 #772BA9 #A9382B #5DA92B

square

#2B9CA9 #772BA9 #A9382B #5DA92B

split-complementary

#2B9CA9 #A92B5D #A9772B

monochromatic

#124247 #1F6F78 #2B9CA9 #42C0CF #73D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2B9CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2B9CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CA9

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CA9	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.098 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c2',
    500: '#2b9ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9ca9;
$custom-light: #79b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.19,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63745,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CA9

secondary

#C3766D

accent

#5545E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CA9

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

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