#2B9EA9#2B9EA9

#2B9EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.099 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9EA9
RGB	rgb(43, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -27.17, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 30.94, 208.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.09 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.099 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3814, 27.8294, 41.8259)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9EA9 #A9362B

analogous

#2BA975 #2B9EA9 #2B5FA9

triadic

#2B9EA9 #A92B9E #9EA92B

tetradic

#2B9EA9 #752BA9 #A9362B #5FA92B

square

#2B9EA9 #752BA9 #A9362B #5FA92B

split-complementary

#2B9EA9 #A92B5F #A9752B

monochromatic

#124347 #1F7078 #2B9EA9 #42C3CF #73D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2B9EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#2B9EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9EA9

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9EA9	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.099 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc2',
    500: '#2b9ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9ea9;
$custom-light: #79bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64245,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9EA9

secondary

#C3746D

accent

#5345E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9EA9

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

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