#2BA9BC#2BA9BC

#2BA9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.107 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BA9BC
RGB	rgb(43, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -26.67, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 32.96, 215.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0928 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.107 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2574, 32.5174, 52.5652)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BA9BC #BC3E2B

analogous

#2BBC86 #2BA9BC #2B60BC

triadic

#2BA9BC #BC2BA9 #A9BC2B

tetradic

#2BA9BC #862BBC #BC3E2B #60BC2B

square

#2BA9BC #862BBC #BC3E2B #60BC2B

split-complementary

#2BA9BC #BC2B60 #BC862B

monochromatic

#144F58 #207C8A #2BA9BC #4EC5D6 #80D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#2BA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#2BA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BA9BC

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BA9BC	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ba9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.107 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3d0',
    500: '#2ba9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ba9bc;
$custom-light: #7cc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ba9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.862,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67724,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BA9BC

secondary

#CB8378

accent

#5742E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BA9BC

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

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