#2B9DA9#2B9DA9

#2B9DA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.099 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9DA9
RGB	rgb(43, 157, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -26.67, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 30.73, 209.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.089 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.099 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2115, 27.4897, 41.7692)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9DA9 #A9372B

analogous

#2BA976 #2B9DA9 #2B5EA9

triadic

#2B9DA9 #A92B9D #9DA92B

tetradic

#2B9DA9 #762BA9 #A9372B #5EA92B

square

#2B9DA9 #762BA9 #A9372B #5EA92B

split-complementary

#2B9DA9 #A92B5E #A9762B

monochromatic

#124247 #1F7078 #2B9DA9 #42C2CF #73D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2B9DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2B9DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9DA9

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9DA9	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 157, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.099 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac2',
    500: '#2b9da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9da9;
$custom-light: #79bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63995,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9DA9

secondary

#C3756D

accent

#5445E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9DA9

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

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