#2ba6b1

Color #2ba6b1

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.93 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#2ba6b1

RGB

rgb(43, 166, 177)

HSL

hsl(184.9, 60.9%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.9, 75.7%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(62.47, -28.64, -15.18)

LCH

lch(62.47, 32.41, 207.92)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.1035, 204.06)

HWB

hwb(184.9, 16.9%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1362b

Analogous

#2bb179

#2ba6b1

#2b63b1

Triadic

#2ba6b1

#b12ba6

#a6b12b

Split-complementary

#2ba6b1

#b12b63

#b1792b

Tetradic

#2ba6b1

#362bb1

#b1362b

#a6b12b

Square

#2ba6b1

#792bb1

#b1362b

#63b12b

Shades

Color #2ba6b1 mixed toward black.

#248a93

#1d6f76

#155358

#0e373b

#071c1d

Tints

Color #2ba6b1 mixed toward white.

#3cc4d0

#63d0d9

#8adbe3

#b1e7ec

#d8f3f6

Tones

Color #2ba6b1 mixed toward gray.

#369da6

#41939b

#4c8a8f

#588184

#637779

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576ae · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#6f65ae · ΔE 33.6

Tritanopia

#3aacac · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2ba6b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2ba6b1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2ba6b1 (#2ba6b1) is rgb(43, 166, 177) in RGB.

No, #2ba6b1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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