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#2BCBBD

#2bcbbd ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2bcbbd 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 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.82% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.9% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 174.75°, 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 10.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.9.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.469

Complementary

  1. #2bcbbd
  2. #cb2b39

Split complementary

  1. #2bcbbd
  2. #cb2b89
  3. #cb6d2b

Analogous

  1. #2bcb6d
  2. #2bcbbd
  3. #2b89cb

Triadic

  1. #2bcbbd
  2. #bd2bcb
  3. #cbbd2b

Tetradic

  1. #2bcbbd
  2. #2b39cb
  3. #cb2b39
  4. #cbbd2b

Square

  1. #2bcbbd
  2. #6d2bcb
  3. #cb2b39
  4. #89cb2b

Monochromatic

  1. #104d47
  2. #1e8c82
  3. #2bcbbd
  4. #64ded4
  5. #a3ece5

Shades

#2bcbbd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2bcbbd
  2. #27b7aa
  3. #22a297
  4. #1e8e84
  5. #1a7a71
  6. #16665f
  7. #11514c
  8. #0d3d39
  9. #092926
  10. #041413
  11. #000000

Tints

#2bcbbd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2bcbbd
  2. #40d0c4
  3. #55d5ca
  4. #6bdbd1
  5. #80e0d7
  6. #95e5de
  7. #aaeae5
  8. #bfefeb
  9. #d5f5f2
  10. #eafaf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2bcbbd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2bcbbd
  2. #34c4b7
  3. #3cbcb1
  4. #45b5ab
  5. #4dada5
  6. #56a69f
  7. #5e9e98
  8. #679792
  9. #6f8f8c
  10. #788886
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93bfb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0bfbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abb0bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d0c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bc4bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8abbbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cec3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2bcbbd {
  color: #2bcbbd;
}
Background
.bg-2bcbbd {
  background-color: #2bcbbd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2bcbbd {
  border: 2px solid #2bcbbd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2bcbbd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 203 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 65% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2bcbbd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2bcbbd, #2b89cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2bcbbd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 203 189 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.90 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.82 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.11 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.31 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.90 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 6.85 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.05 #d43442 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#2bcbbd  rgb(43, 203, 189)  hsl(175, 65%, 48%)  Medium Turquoise
#cb2b39  rgb(203, 43, 57)  hsl(355, 65%, 48%)  Persian Red
#bd2bcb  rgb(189, 43, 203)  hsl(295, 65%, 48%)  Medium Orchid
#cbbd2b  rgb(203, 189, 43)  hsl(55, 65%, 48%)  Old Gold