#2B9CAE#2B9CAE

#2B9CAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CAE
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -24.57, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 30.65, 216.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0858 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.1 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5214, 27.3440, 44.2326)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CAE #AE3D2B

analogous

#2BAE7E #2B9CAE #2B5BAE

triadic

#2B9CAE #AE2B9C #9CAE2B

tetradic

#2B9CAE #7E2BAE #AE3D2B #5BAE2B

square

#2B9CAE #7E2BAE #AE3D2B #5BAE2B

split-complementary

#2B9CAE #AE2B5B #AE7E2B

monochromatic

#13444C #1F707D #2B9CAE #45BED1 #76CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2B9CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#2B9CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CAE

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CAE	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c6',
    500: '#2b9cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9cae;
$custom-light: #79b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.244,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CAE

secondary

#C57C70

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CAE

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

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