#2B9CAC#2B9CAC

#2B9CAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.099 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CAC
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -25.21, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 30.57, 214.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0867 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.099 209)
XYZ	xyz(20.3279, 27.2666, 43.2134)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CAC #AC3B2B

analogous

#2BAC7C #2B9CAC #2B5BAC

triadic

#2B9CAC #AC2B9C #9CAC2B

tetradic

#2B9CAC #7C2BAC #AC3B2B #5BAC2B

square

#2B9CAC #7C2BAC #AC3B2B #5BAC2B

split-complementary

#2B9CAC #AC2B5B #AC7C2B

monochromatic

#13434A #1F707B #2B9CAC #44BFD0 #75D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2B9CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2B9CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CAC

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CAC	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#8E96AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.099 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c4',
    500: '#2b9cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9cac;
$custom-light: #79b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.442,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63864,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.27269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CAC

secondary

#C4796F

accent

#5845E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CAC

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

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