#2BB8C5#2BB8C5

#2BB8C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB8C5
RGB	rgb(43, 184, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 6.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -31.23, -16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 35.55, 208.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1036 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.114 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2103, 38.8223, 58.8191)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB8C5 #C5382B

analogous

#2BC585 #2BB8C5 #2B6BC5

triadic

#2BB8C5 #C52BB8 #B8C52B

tetradic

#2BB8C5 #852BC5 #C5382B #6BC52B

square

#2BB8C5 #852BC5 #C5382B #6BC52B

split-complementary

#2BB8C5 #C52B6B #C5852B

monochromatic

#155A61 #208993 #2BB8C5 #54CEDA #86DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2BB8C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#2BB8C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB8C5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB8C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB8C5	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb8c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 184, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdd6',
    500: '#2bb8c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb8c5;
$custom-light: #7fcdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb8c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.065,
    "s": 64.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB8C5

secondary

#CE857E

accent

#4F41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB8C5

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

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