#2fbcab

Color #2fbcab

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 6.14 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2fbcab

RGB

rgb(47, 188, 171)

HSL

hsl(172.8, 60%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.8, 75%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(75%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(69.12, -40.23, -1.94)

LCH

lch(69.12, 40.28, 182.76)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1178, 182.87)

HWB

hwb(172.8, 18.4%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc2f40

Analogous

#2fbc65

#2fbcab

#2f86bc

Triadic

#2fbcab

#ab2fbc

#bcab2f

Split-complementary

#2fbcab

#bc2f86

#bc652f

Tetradic

#2fbcab

#2f40bc

#bc2f40

#bcab2f

Square

#2fbcab

#652fbc

#bc2f40

#86bc2f

Shades

Color #2fbcab mixed toward black.

#279d8f

#1f7d72

#185e56

#103f39

#081f1d

Tints

Color #2fbcab mixed toward white.

#48d1c1

#6cdacd

#91e4da

#b6ede6

#daf6f3

Tones

Color #2fbcab mixed toward gray.

#3bb0a2

#47a599

#529990

#5e8d87

#6a817e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586af · ΔE 32.4

Deuteranopia

#7d73b0 · ΔE 38.3

Tritanopia

#41b3b3 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2fbcab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2fbcab]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2fbcab (#2fbcab) is rgb(47, 188, 171) in RGB.

No, #2fbcab 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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