#2BBCC9#2BBCC9

#2BBCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BBCC9
RGB	rgb(43, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -31.92, -17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 36.24, 208.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1057 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.116 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5174, 40.6934, 61.5459)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BBCC9 #C9382B

analogous

#2BC987 #2BBCC9 #2B6DC9

triadic

#2BBCC9 #C92BBC #BCC92B

tetradic

#2BBCC9 #872BC9 #C9382B #6DC92B

square

#2BBCC9 #872BC9 #C9382B #6DC92B

split-complementary

#2BBCC9 #C92B6D #C9872B

monochromatic

#155E64 #208D97 #2BBCC9 #56D0DB #89DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#2BBCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#2BBCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BBCC9

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BBCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BBCC9	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bbcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0d9',
    500: '#2bbcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bbcc9;
$custom-light: #80d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bbcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.937,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BBCC9

secondary

#CF8780

accent

#4E40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BBCC9

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

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