#2BB5B8#2BB5B8

#2BB5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB5B8
RGB	rgb(43, 181, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -33.74, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 35.75, 199.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.1063 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.111 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1679, 37.0188, 51.1043)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB5B8 #B82E2B

analogous

#2BB875 #2BB5B8 #2B6EB8

triadic

#2BB5B8 #B82BB5 #B5B82B

tetradic

#2BB5B8 #752BB8 #B82E2B #6EB82B

square

#2BB5B8 #752BB8 #B82E2B #6EB82B

split-complementary

#2BB5B8 #B82B6E #B8752B

monochromatic

#145355 #1F8486 #2BB5B8 #4BD2D5 #7DDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#2BB5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#2BB5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB5B8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB5B8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 181, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcd',
    500: '#2bb5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb5b8;
$custom-light: #7dcbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70532,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB5B8

secondary

#C97876

accent

#4643E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB5B8

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

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