#2B9EA1#2B9EA1

#2B9EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9EA1
RGB	rgb(43, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -29.63, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 31.50, 199.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0935 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6532, 27.5382, 37.9909)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9EA1 #A12E2B

analogous

#2BA169 #2B9EA1 #2B63A1

triadic

#2B9EA1 #A12B9E #9EA12B

tetradic

#2B9EA1 #692BA1 #A12E2B #63A12B

square

#2B9EA1 #692BA1 #A12E2B #63A12B

split-complementary

#2B9EA1 #A12B63 #A1692B

monochromatic

#113F40 #1E6F71 #2B9EA1 #3EC8CB #6ED6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2B9EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#2B9EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9EA1

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9EA1	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9396A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbc',
    500: '#2b9ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9ea1;
$custom-light: #78bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.525,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63943,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9EA1

secondary

#BF6B69

accent

#4B47E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9EA1

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

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