#2CB2C9#2CB2C9

#2CB2C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.113 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB2C9
RGB	rgb(44, 178, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -26.93, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 34.59, 218.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0958 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.113 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4971, 36.5899, 60.8603)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB2C9 #C9432C

analogous

#2CC991 #2CB2C9 #2C63C9

triadic

#2CB2C9 #C92CB2 #B2C92C

tetradic

#2CB2C9 #912CC9 #C9432C #63C92C

square

#2CB2C9 #912CC9 #C9432C #63C92C

split-complementary

#2CB2C9 #C92C63 #C9912C

monochromatic

#165965 #218697 #2CB2C9 #58C7DA #8AD8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#2CB2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#2CB2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB2C9

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB2C9	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 178, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.113 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9d9',
    500: '#2cb2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb2c9;
$custom-light: #7fc9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.79,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70464,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB2C9

secondary

#CF8D82

accent

#5941E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB2C9

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

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