#2BB9D1#2BB9D1

#2BB9D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9D1
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -27.96, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 35.89, 218.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0996 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.118 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8488, 39.8112, 66.4204)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9D1 #D1432B

analogous

#2BD196 #2BB9D1 #2B66D1

triadic

#2BB9D1 #D12BB9 #B9D12B

tetradic

#2BB9D1 #962BD1 #D1432B #66D12B

square

#2BB9D1 #962BD1 #D1432B #66D12B

split-complementary

#2BB9D1 #D12B66 #D1962B

monochromatic

#165F6B #218C9E #2BB9D1 #5CCBDD #8FDBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#2BB9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#2BB9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9D1

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9D1	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cedf',
    500: '#2bb9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9d1;
$custom-light: #81cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.675,
    "s": 65.873,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9D1

secondary

#D29186

accent

#583FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9D1

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

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