#2BC9DE#2BC9DE

#2BC9DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BC9DE
RGB	rgb(43, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 81%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -31.68, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 38.36, 214.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.1093 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.125 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0619, 47.5564, 76.4244)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BC9DE #DE402B

analogous

#2BDE9A #2BC9DE #2B70DE

triadic

#2BC9DE #DE2BC9 #C9DE2B

tetradic

#2BC9DE #9A2BDE #DE402B #70DE2B

square

#2BC9DE #9A2BDE #DE402B #70DE2B

split-complementary

#2BC9DE #DE2B70 #DE9A2B

monochromatic

#136F7B #1B9FB0 #2BC9DE #60D6E6 #95E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#2BC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#2BC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BC9DE

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BC9DE	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bc9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dae8',
    500: '#2bc9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bc9de;
$custom-light: #84dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bc9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.039,
    "s": 73.061,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76822,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BC9DE

secondary

#DA948B

accent

#4E38F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BC9DE

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

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