#2BB5B5#2BB5B5

#2BB5B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB5B5
RGB	rgb(43, 181, 181)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -34.63, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 36.13, 196.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.1076 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.111 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8568, 36.8943, 49.4657)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB5B5 #B52B2B

analogous

#2BB570 #2BB5B5 #2B70B5

triadic

#2BB5B5 #B52BB5 #B5B52B

tetradic

#2BB5B5 #702BB5 #B52B2B #70B52B

square

#2BB5B5 #702BB5 #B52B2B #70B52B

split-complementary

#2BB5B5 #B52B70 #B5702B

monochromatic

#145252 #1F8484 #2BB5B5 #49D4D4 #7BE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#2BB5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#2BB5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB5B5

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB5B5	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 181, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcb',
    500: '#2bb5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb5b5;
$custom-light: #7dcbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70425,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB5B5

secondary

#C87474

accent

#4343E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB5B5

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

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