#2BC9CE#2BC9CE

#2BC9CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.122 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BC9CE
RGB	rgb(43, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -36.54, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 39.05, 200.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.1159 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.122 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0184, 46.7390, 65.6618)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BC9CE #CE302B

analogous

#2BCE81 #2BC9CE #2B78CE

triadic

#2BC9CE #CE2BC9 #C9CE2B

tetradic

#2BC9CE #812BCE #CE302B #78CE2B

square

#2BC9CE #812BCE #CE302B #78CE2B

split-complementary

#2BC9CE #CE2B78 #CE812B

monochromatic

#166669 #20989B #2BC9CE #5AD8DC #8CE4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#2BC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#2BC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BC9CE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BC9CE	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.122 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dadc',
    500: '#2bc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bc9ce;
$custom-light: #82dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.84,
    "s": 65.462,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76226,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BC9CE

secondary

#D18684

accent

#453FE8

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BC9CE

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

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