#2BB5B9#2BB5B9

#2BB5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB5B9
RGB	rgb(43, 181, 185)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -33.44, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 35.64, 200.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.1058 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.111 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2731, 37.0609, 51.6583)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB5B9 #B92F2B

analogous

#2BB976 #2BB5B9 #2B6EB9

triadic

#2BB5B9 #B92BB5 #B5B92B

tetradic

#2BB5B9 #762BB9 #B92F2B #6EB92B

square

#2BB5B9 #762BB9 #B92F2B #6EB92B

split-complementary

#2BB5B9 #B92B6E #B9762B

monochromatic

#145456 #1F8487 #2BB5B9 #4CD1D5 #7EDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#2BB5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#2BB5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB5B9

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB5B9	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 181, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbce',
    500: '#2bb5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb5b9;
$custom-light: #7dcbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.69,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70568,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB5B9

secondary

#C97976

accent

#4742E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB5B9

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

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