#2B9CAB#2B9CAB

#2B9CAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.099 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CAB
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -25.53, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 30.55, 213.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0871 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.099 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2322, 27.2284, 42.7095)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CAB #AB3A2B

analogous

#2BAB7A #2B9CAB #2B5CAB

triadic

#2B9CAB #AB2B9C #9CAB2B

tetradic

#2B9CAB #7A2BAB #AB3A2B #5CAB2B

square

#2B9CAB #7A2BAB #AB3A2B #5CAB2B

split-complementary

#2B9CAB #AB2B5C #AB7A2B

monochromatic

#124349 #1F6F7A #2B9CAB #43BFD0 #74D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2B9CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2B9CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CAB

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CAB	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.099 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c4',
    500: '#2b9cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9cab;
$custom-light: #79b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.031,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CAB

secondary

#C4786E

accent

#5745E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CAB

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

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