#2B9FAD#2B9FAD

#2B9FAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.100 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9FAD
RGB	rgb(43, 159, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, -26.41, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 31.09, 211.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.0893 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.1 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9339, 28.3245, 43.8909)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9FAD #AD392B

analogous

#2BAD7A #2B9FAD #2B5EAD

triadic

#2B9FAD #AD2B9F #9FAD2B

tetradic

#2B9FAD #7A2BAD #AD392B #5EAD2B

square

#2B9FAD #7A2BAD #AD392B #5EAD2B

split-complementary

#2B9FAD #AD2B5E #AD7A2B

monochromatic

#13454B #1F727C #2B9FAD #45C2D1 #76D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#2B9FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#2B9FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9FAD

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9FAD	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 159, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.100 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc5',
    500: '#2b9fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9fad;
$custom-light: #79bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.462,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64652,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9FAD

secondary

#C4786F

accent

#5644E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9FAD

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

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