#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
RGBrgb(43, 184, 196)
HSLhsl(185, 64%, 47%)
HSVhsv(185, 78%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(78.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.59, -31.54, -16.49)
CIE-LCHlch(68.59, 35.58, 207.60°)
OKLaboklab(71.71% -0.104 -0.0458)
OKLCHoklch(71.71% 0.114 203.8)
XYZxyz(28.0961, 38.7766, 58.2177)
Luminance0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##2BB8C41.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

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

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#2BB8C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva