#2B9CB1#2B9CB1

#2B9CB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.101 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CB1
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 177)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -23.61, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 30.84, 220.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0846 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.101 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8171, 27.4623, 45.7901)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CB1 #B1402B

analogous

#2BB183 #2B9CB1 #2B59B1

triadic

#2B9CB1 #B12B9C #9CB12B

tetradic

#2B9CB1 #832BB1 #B1402B #59B12B

square

#2B9CB1 #832BB1 #B1402B #59B12B

split-complementary

#2B9CB1 #B12B59 #B1832B

monochromatic

#13454F #1F7180 #2B9CB1 #47BCD2 #78CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2B9CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#2B9CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CB1

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CB1	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.101 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9c8',
    500: '#2b9cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9cb1;
$custom-light: #7ab9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.403,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64069,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CB1

secondary

#C67F72

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CB1

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

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