#2B9EA0#2B9EA0

#2B9EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.098 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9EA0
RGB	rgb(43, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -29.93, -10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 31.61, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.094 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.098 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5654, 27.5030, 37.5283)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9EA0 #A02D2B

analogous

#2BA068 #2B9EA0 #2B63A0

triadic

#2B9EA0 #A02B9E #9EA02B

tetradic

#2B9EA0 #682BA0 #A02D2B #63A02B

square

#2B9EA0 #682BA0 #A02D2B #63A02B

split-complementary

#2B9EA0 #A02B63 #A0682B

monochromatic

#113F40 #1E6E70 #2B9EA0 #3DC9CB #6ED6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2B9EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2B9EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9EA0

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9EA0	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)

#9396A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.098 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbc',
    500: '#2b9ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9ea0;
$custom-light: #78bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63906,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9EA0

secondary

#BF6968

accent

#4A47E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9EA0

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

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