#2B9CAA#2B9CAA

#2B9CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.099 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CAA
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -25.85, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 30.54, 212.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0875 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.099 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1373, 27.1904, 42.2094)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CAA #AA392B

analogous

#2BAA79 #2B9CAA #2B5DAA

triadic

#2B9CAA #AA2B9C #9CAA2B

tetradic

#2B9CAA #792BAA #AA392B #5DAA2B

square

#2B9CAA #792BAA #AA392B #5DAA2B

split-complementary

#2B9CAA #AA2B5D #AA792B

monochromatic

#124248 #1F6F79 #2B9CAA #43C0CF #74D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2B9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#2B9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CAA

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CAA	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.099 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c3',
    500: '#2b9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9caa;
$custom-light: #79b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.614,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63784,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CAA

secondary

#C3776E

accent

#5645E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CAA

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

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