#2BB9BC#2BB9BC

#2BB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9BC
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -34.43, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 36.47, 199.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1084 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.113 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4182, 38.8390, 53.6188)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9BC #BC2E2B

analogous

#2BBC76 #2BB9BC #2B71BC

triadic

#2BB9BC #BC2BB9 #B9BC2B

tetradic

#2BB9BC #762BBC #BC2E2B #71BC2B

square

#2BB9BC #762BBC #BC2E2B #71BC2B

split-complementary

#2BB9BC #BC2B71 #BC762B

monochromatic

#145758 #20888A #2BB9BC #4ED4D6 #80E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#2BB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#2BB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9BC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9BC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eced0',
    500: '#2bb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9bc;
$custom-light: #7eced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.241,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9BC

secondary

#CB7A78

accent

#4542E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9BC

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

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