#2CB4B8#2CB4B8

#2CB4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB4B8
RGB	rgb(44, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -33.16, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 35.35, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.1049 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.11 198)
XYZ	xyz(26.0077, 36.6355, 51.0387)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB4B8 #B8302C

analogous

#2CB876 #2CB4B8 #2C6EB8

triadic

#2CB4B8 #B82CB4 #B4B82C

tetradic

#2CB4B8 #762CB8 #B8302C #6EB82C

square

#2CB4B8 #762CB8 #B8302C #6EB82C

split-complementary

#2CB4B8 #B82C6E #B8762C

monochromatic

#145355 #208487 #2CB4B8 #4DD1D4 #7EDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#2CB4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#2CB4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB4B8

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB4B8	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ABB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbcd',
    500: '#2cb4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb4b8;
$custom-light: #7ecbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70303,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.36639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB4B8

secondary

#C97977

accent

#4843E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB4B8

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

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