#2BB9BF#2BB9BF

#2BB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9BF
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -33.53, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 36.16, 201.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.1071 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.114 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7449, 38.9697, 55.3397)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9BF #BF312B

analogous

#2BBF7B #2BB9BF #2B6FBF

triadic

#2BB9BF #BF2BB9 #B9BF2B

tetradic

#2BB9BF #7B2BBF #BF312B #6FBF2B

square

#2BB9BF #7B2BBF #BF312B #6FBF2B

split-complementary

#2BB9BF #BF2B6F #BF7B2B

monochromatic

#15585B #20898D #2BB9BF #50D2D8 #82DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#2BB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#2BB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9BF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9BF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fced2',
    500: '#2bb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9bf;
$custom-light: #7fced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.432,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71773,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9BF

secondary

#CC7D7A

accent

#4842E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9BF

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

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