#2BB9A8#2BB9A8

#2BB9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9A8
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -40.17, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 40.21, 182.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.1174 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.118 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4096, 38.0355, 43.0406)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9A8 #B92B3C

analogous

#2BB961 #2BB9A8 #2B83B9

triadic

#2BB9A8 #A82BB9 #B9A82B

tetradic

#2BB9A8 #612BB9 #B92B3C #83B92B

square

#2BB9A8 #612BB9 #B92B3C #83B92B

split-complementary

#2BB9A8 #B92B83 #B9612B

monochromatic

#14564E #1F877B #2BB9A8 #4CD5C5 #7EE1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#2BB9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#2BB9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9A8

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9A8	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcfc1',
    500: '#2bb9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9a8;
$custom-light: #7dcfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.817,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70991,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9A8

secondary

#C97680

accent

#4256E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9A8

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

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