#2BB9B9#2BB9B9

#2BB9B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9B9
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -35.32, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 36.85, 196.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.1097 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.114 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0981, 38.7109, 51.9333)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9B9 #B92B2B

analogous

#2BB972 #2BB9B9 #2B72B9

triadic

#2BB9B9 #B92BB9 #B9B92B

tetradic

#2BB9B9 #722BB9 #B92B2B #72B92B

square

#2BB9B9 #722BB9 #B92B2B #72B92B

split-complementary

#2BB9B9 #B92B72 #B9722B

monochromatic

#145656 #1F8787 #2BB9B9 #4CD5D5 #7EE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2BB9B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#2BB9B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9B9

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9B9	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecece',
    500: '#2bb9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9b9;
$custom-light: #7ecece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9B9

secondary

#C97676

accent

#4242E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9B9

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

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