#2BB9B8#2BB9B8

#2BB9B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9B8
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -35.62, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 36.99, 195.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.1102 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.114 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9929, 38.6689, 51.3793)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9B8 #B92B2C

analogous

#2BB971 #2BB9B8 #2B73B9

triadic

#2BB9B8 #B82BB9 #B9B82B

tetradic

#2BB9B8 #712BB9 #B92B2C #73B92B

square

#2BB9B8 #712BB9 #B92B2C #73B92B

split-complementary

#2BB9B8 #B92B73 #B9712B

monochromatic

#145655 #1F8787 #2BB9B8 #4CD5D4 #7EE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2BB9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#2BB9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9B8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9B8	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececd',
    500: '#2bb9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9b8;
$custom-light: #7ececd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.577,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71523,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9B8

secondary

#C97677

accent

#4244E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9B8

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

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