#2BB9BB#2BB9BB

#2BB9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9BB
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -34.73, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 36.59, 198.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1088 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.113 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3107, 38.7960, 53.0531)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9BB #BB2D2B

analogous

#2BBB75 #2BB9BB #2B71BB

triadic

#2BB9BB #BB2BB9 #B9BB2B

tetradic

#2BB9BB #752BBB #BB2D2B #71BB2B

square

#2BB9BB #752BBB #BB2D2B #71BB2B

split-complementary

#2BB9BB #BB2B71 #BB752B

monochromatic

#145757 #208889 #2BB9BB #4DD4D6 #7FE0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2BB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#2BB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9BB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9BB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececf',
    500: '#2bb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9bb;
$custom-light: #7ececf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71629,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9BB

secondary

#CA7978

accent

#4442E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9BB

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

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