#2BB9C5#2BB9C5

#2BB9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9C5
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -31.71, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 35.76, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1045 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4188, 39.2392, 58.8886)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9C5 #C5372B

analogous

#2BC584 #2BB9C5 #2B6CC5

triadic

#2BB9C5 #C52BB9 #B9C52B

tetradic

#2BB9C5 #842BC5 #C5372B #6CC52B

square

#2BB9C5 #842BC5 #C5372B #6CC52B

split-complementary

#2BB9C5 #C52B6C #C5842B

monochromatic

#155B61 #208A93 #2BB9C5 #54CFDA #86DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#2BB9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#2BB9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9C5

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9C5	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fced6',
    500: '#2bb9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9c5;
$custom-light: #7fced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 64.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71995,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9C5

secondary

#CE847E

accent

#4E41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9C5

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

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