#2BB1C9#2BB1C9

#2BB1C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB1C9
RGB	rgb(43, 177, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -26.53, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 34.59, 219.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0952 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.114 213)
XYZ	xyz(27.2565, 36.1715, 60.7923)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB1C9 #C9432B

analogous

#2BC992 #2BB1C9 #2B62C9

triadic

#2BB1C9 #C92BB1 #B1C92B

tetradic

#2BB1C9 #922BC9 #C9432B #62C92B

square

#2BB1C9 #922BC9 #C9432B #62C92B

split-complementary

#2BB1C9 #C92B62 #C9922B

monochromatic

#155864 #208597 #2BB1C9 #56C7DB #89D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#2BB1C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#2BB1C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB1C9

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB1C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB1C9	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb1c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 177, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc8d9',
    500: '#2bb1c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb1c9;
$custom-light: #7fc8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb1c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.114,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70203,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.36175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB1C9

secondary

#CF8C80

accent

#5A40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB1C9

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

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