#2BB9BA#2BB9BA

#2BB9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9BA
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -35.03, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 36.71, 197.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.1093 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.114 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2041, 38.7533, 52.4912)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9BA #BA2C2B

analogous

#2BBA74 #2BB9BA #2B71BA

triadic

#2BB9BA #BA2BB9 #B9BA2B

tetradic

#2BB9BA #742BBA #BA2C2B #71BA2B

square

#2BB9BA #742BBA #BA2C2B #71BA2B

split-complementary

#2BB9BA #BA2B71 #BA742B

monochromatic

#145657 #208888 #2BB9BA #4CD5D6 #7EE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2BB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#2BB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9BA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9BA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecece',
    500: '#2bb9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9ba;
$custom-light: #7ecece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.42,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71593,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9BA

secondary

#CA7877

accent

#4342E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9BA

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

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