#2BB9D0#2BB9D0

#2BB9D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9D0
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -28.28, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 35.83, 217.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.117 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7254, 39.7619, 65.7704)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9D0 #D0422B

analogous

#2BD095 #2BB9D0 #2B66D0

triadic

#2BB9D0 #D02BB9 #B9D02B

tetradic

#2BB9D0 #952BD0 #D0422B #66D02B

square

#2BB9D0 #952BD0 #D0422B #66D02B

split-complementary

#2BB9D0 #D02B66 #D0952B

monochromatic

#165F6B #218C9D #2BB9D0 #5BCBDD #8EDBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#2BB9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#2BB9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9D0

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9D0	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cede',
    500: '#2bb9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9d0;
$custom-light: #81cede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.364,
    "s": 65.737,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9D0

secondary

#D29085

accent

#573FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9D0

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

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