#2CB4AC#2CB4AC

#2CB4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB4AC
RGB	rgb(44, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -36.68, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 37.19, 189.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.1103 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.112 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8028, 36.1535, 44.6928)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB4AC #B42C34

analogous

#2CB468 #2CB4AC #2C78B4

triadic

#2CB4AC #AC2CB4 #B4AC2C

tetradic

#2CB4AC #682CB4 #B42C34 #78B42C

square

#2CB4AC #682CB4 #B42C34 #78B42C

split-complementary

#2CB4AC #B42C78 #B4682C

monochromatic

#14524E #20837D #2CB4AC #4AD3CB #7CDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#2CB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#2CB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB4AC

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB4AC	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbc4',
    500: '#2cb4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb4ac;
$custom-light: #7ccbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69884,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB4AC

secondary

#C77579

accent

#444DE4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB4AC

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

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