#2B9EAA#2B9EAA

#2B9EAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.099 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9EAA
RGB	rgb(43, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -26.85, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 30.92, 209.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0895 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.099 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4756, 27.8671, 42.3222)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9EAA #AA372B

analogous

#2BAA77 #2B9EAA #2B5FAA

triadic

#2B9EAA #AA2B9E #9EAA2B

tetradic

#2B9EAA #772BAA #AA372B #5FAA2B

square

#2B9EAA #772BAA #AA372B #5FAA2B

split-complementary

#2B9EAA #AA2B5F #AA772B

monochromatic

#124348 #1F7179 #2B9EAA #43C2CF #74D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2B9EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#2B9EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9EAA

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9EAA	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#9197AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.099 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc3',
    500: '#2b9eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9eaa;
$custom-light: #79bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64284,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9EAA

secondary

#C3766E

accent

#5445E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9EAA

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

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