#2BB8C4#2BB8C4

#2BB8C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB8C4
RGB	rgb(43, 184, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -31.54, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 35.58, 207.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.104 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.114 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0961, 38.7766, 58.2177)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB8C4 #C4372B

analogous

#2BC484 #2BB8C4 #2B6CC4

triadic

#2BB8C4 #C42BB8 #B8C42B

tetradic

#2BB8C4 #842BC4 #C4372B #6CC42B

square

#2BB8C4 #842BC4 #C4372B #6CC42B

split-complementary

#2BB8C4 #C42B6C #C4842B

monochromatic

#155A60 #208992 #2BB8C4 #53CFD9 #85DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2BB8C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#2BB8C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB8C4

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB8C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB8C4	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb8c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 184, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdd5',
    500: '#2bb8c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb8c4;
$custom-light: #7fcdd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb8c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71713,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB8C4

secondary

#CE847D

accent

#4E41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB8C4

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

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