#2BC9C4#2BC9C4

#2BC9C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BC9C4
RGB	rgb(43, 201, 196)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -39.46, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 40.43, 192.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.1203 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.123 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8420, 46.2684, 59.4663)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BC9C4 #C92B30

analogous

#2BC975 #2BC9C4 #2B7FC9

triadic

#2BC9C4 #C42BC9 #C9C42B

tetradic

#2BC9C4 #752BC9 #C92B30 #7FC92B

square

#2BC9C4 #752BC9 #C92B30 #7FC92B

split-complementary

#2BC9C4 #C92B7F #C9752B

monochromatic

#156462 #209793 #2BC9C4 #56DBD7 #89E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#2BC9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#2BC9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BC9C4

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BC9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BC9C4	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bc9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 201, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81dad5',
    500: '#2bc9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bc9c4;
$custom-light: #81dad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bc9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.101,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BC9C4

secondary

#CF8083

accent

#4045E8

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0C1514

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BC9C4

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

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