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#2BCBBB

#2bcbbb ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2bcbbb is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 79.61% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.82% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.88% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 174°, with 65.04% saturation and 48.24% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 4.49.

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Relative luminance0.4681

Complementary

  1. #2bcbbb
  2. #cb2b3b

Split complementary

  1. #2bcbbb
  2. #cb2b8b
  3. #cb6b2b

Analogous

  1. #2bcb6b
  2. #2bcbbb
  3. #2b8bcb

Triadic

  1. #2bcbbb
  2. #bb2bcb
  3. #cbbb2b

Tetradic

  1. #2bcbbb
  2. #2b3bcb
  3. #cb2b3b
  4. #cbbb2b

Square

  1. #2bcbbb
  2. #6b2bcb
  3. #cb2b3b
  4. #8bcb2b

Monochromatic

  1. #104d47
  2. #1e8c81
  3. #2bcbbb
  4. #64ded2
  5. #a3ece4

Shades

#2bcbbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2bcbbb
  2. #27b7a8
  3. #22a296
  4. #1e8e83
  5. #1a7a70
  6. #16665e
  7. #11514b
  8. #0d3d38
  9. #092925
  10. #041413
  11. #000000

Tints

#2bcbbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2bcbbb
  2. #40d0c2
  3. #55d5c9
  4. #6bdbcf
  5. #80e0d6
  6. #95e5dd
  7. #aaeae4
  8. #bfefeb
  9. #d5f5f1
  10. #eafaf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2bcbbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2bcbbb
  2. #34c4b5
  3. #3cbcaf
  4. #45b5a9
  5. #4dada3
  6. #56a69e
  7. #5e9e98
  8. #679792
  9. #6f8f8c
  10. #788886
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93bfb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1bfba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abb0bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cfc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bc4bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8abbbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cec2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2bcbbb {
  color: #2bcbbb;
}
Background
.bg-2bcbbb {
  background-color: #2bcbbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2bcbbb {
  border: 2px solid #2bcbbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2bcbbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 203 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 65% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2bcbbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2bcbbb, #2b8bcb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2bcbbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 203 187 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.49 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.13 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.50 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.69 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.58 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.02 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.27 #d43444 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#2bcbbb  rgb(43, 203, 187)  hsl(174, 65%, 48%)  Medium Turquoise
#cb2b3b  rgb(203, 43, 59)  hsl(354, 65%, 48%)  Cardinal
#bb2bcb  rgb(187, 43, 203)  hsl(294, 65%, 48%)  Dark Orchid
#cbbb2b  rgb(203, 187, 43)  hsl(54, 65%, 48%)  Old Gold