#2BB9C4#2BB9C4

#2BB9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9C4
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -32.02, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 35.80, 206.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.105 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.114 203)
XYZ	xyz(28.3046, 39.1935, 58.2872)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9C4 #C4362B

analogous

#2BC483 #2BB9C4 #2B6CC4

triadic

#2BB9C4 #C42BB9 #B9C42B

tetradic

#2BB9C4 #832BC4 #C4362B #6CC42B

square

#2BB9C4 #832BC4 #C4362B #6CC42B

split-complementary

#2BB9C4 #C42B6C #C4832B

monochromatic

#155A60 #208A92 #2BB9C4 #53D0D9 #85DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#2BB9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#2BB9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9C4

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9C4	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fced5',
    500: '#2bb9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9c4;
$custom-light: #7fced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.314,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71958,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.39197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9C4

secondary

#CE837D

accent

#4D41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9C4

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

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