#2BC5C9#2BC5C9

#2BC5C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BC5C9
RGB	rgb(43, 197, 201)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -36.17, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 38.46, 199.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.1143 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.12 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5003, 44.6592, 62.2069)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BC5C9 #C92F2B

analogous

#2BC97E #2BC5C9 #2B76C9

triadic

#2BC5C9 #C92BC5 #C5C92B

tetradic

#2BC5C9 #7E2BC9 #C92F2B #76C92B

square

#2BC5C9 #7E2BC9 #C92F2B #76C92B

split-complementary

#2BC5C9 #C92B76 #C97E2B

monochromatic

#156264 #209497 #2BC5C9 #56D8DB #89E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#2BC5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#2BC5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BC5C9

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BC5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BC5C9	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bc5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 197, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7d9',
    500: '#2bc5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bc5c9;
$custom-light: #81d7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bc5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.519,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75073,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BC5C9

secondary

#CF8280

accent

#4440E8

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BC5C9

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

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