#2B9CAF#2B9CAF

#2B9CAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CAF
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 175)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -24.25, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 30.70, 217.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0854 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.1 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6193, 27.3832, 44.7479)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CAF #AF3E2B

analogous

#2BAF80 #2B9CAF #2B5AAF

triadic

#2B9CAF #AF2B9C #9CAF2B

tetradic

#2B9CAF #802BAF #AF3E2B #5AAF2B

square

#2B9CAF #802BAF #AF3E2B #5AAF2B

split-complementary

#2B9CAF #AF2B5A #AF802B

monochromatic

#13444D #1F707E #2B9CAF #46BDD1 #77CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2B9CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#2B9CAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CAF

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CAF	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c6',
    500: '#2b9caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9caf;
$custom-light: #79b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.636,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CAF

secondary

#C57D70

accent

#5B44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CAF

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

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