#2B9DAE#2B9DAE

#2B9DAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.100 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9DAE
RGB	rgb(43, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -25.08, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 30.78, 215.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0868 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.1 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6899, 27.6810, 44.2887)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9DAE #AE3C2B

analogous

#2BAE7D #2B9DAE #2B5CAE

triadic

#2B9DAE #AE2B9D #9DAE2B

tetradic

#2B9DAE #7D2BAE #AE3C2B #5CAE2B

square

#2B9DAE #7D2BAE #AE3C2B #5CAE2B

split-complementary

#2B9DAE #AE2B5C #AE7D2B

monochromatic

#13444C #1F717D #2B9DAE #45BFD1 #76D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2B9DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#2B9DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9DAE

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9DAE	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.100 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac6',
    500: '#2b9dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9dae;
$custom-light: #79bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.786,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64194,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9DAE

secondary

#C57B70

accent

#5944E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9DAE

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

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