#2BB9D3#2BB9D3

#2BB9D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9D3
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -27.33, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 36.03, 220.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0988 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.119 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0980, 39.9109, 67.7327)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9D3 #D3452B

analogous

#2BD399 #2BB9D3 #2B65D3

triadic

#2BB9D3 #D32BB9 #B9D32B

tetradic

#2BB9D3 #992BD3 #D3452B #65D32B

square

#2BB9D3 #992BD3 #D3452B #65D32B

split-complementary

#2BB9D3 #D32B65 #D3992B

monochromatic

#16606D #218CA0 #2BB9D3 #5DCADE #90DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#2BB9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#2BB9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9D3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9D3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cee0',
    500: '#2bb9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9d3;
$custom-light: #81cee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.286,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9D3

secondary

#D39387

accent

#593FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9D3

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

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