#2BB9A9#2BB9A9

#2BB9A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9A9
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 8.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -39.90, -2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 39.97, 183.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.1169 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.117 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5032, 38.0730, 43.5331)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9A9 #B92B3B

analogous

#2BB962 #2BB9A9 #2B82B9

triadic

#2BB9A9 #A92BB9 #B9A92B

tetradic

#2BB9A9 #622BB9 #B92B3B #82B92B

square

#2BB9A9 #622BB9 #B92B3B #82B92B

split-complementary

#2BB9A9 #B92B82 #B9622B

monochromatic

#14564E #1F877C #2BB9A9 #4CD5C6 #7EE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#2BB9A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#2BB9A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9A9

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9A9	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcfc2',
    500: '#2bb9a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9a9;
$custom-light: #7dcfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.239,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71023,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9A9

secondary

#C97680

accent

#4255E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9A9

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

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