#2CB4B6#2CB4B6

#2CB4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB4B6
RGB	rgb(44, 180, 182)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -33.76, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 35.58, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.1058 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.11 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7996, 36.5522, 49.9424)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB4B6 #B62E2C

analogous

#2CB673 #2CB4B6 #2C6FB6

triadic

#2CB4B6 #B62CB4 #B4B62C

tetradic

#2CB4B6 #732CB6 #B62E2C #6FB62C

square

#2CB4B6 #732CB6 #B62E2C #6FB62C

split-complementary

#2CB4B6 #B62C6F #B6732C

monochromatic

#145353 #208385 #2CB4B6 #4CD2D4 #7DDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#2CB4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#2CB4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB4B6

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB4B6	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ABB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 180, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcb',
    500: '#2cb4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb4b6;
$custom-light: #7dcbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70231,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB4B6

secondary

#C87776

accent

#4644E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB4B6

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

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