#2CB4BD#2CB4BD

#2CB4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB4BD
RGB	rgb(44, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -31.65, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 34.93, 205.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.1028 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.111 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5411, 36.8488, 53.8480)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB4BD #BD352C

analogous

#2CBD7D #2CB4BD #2C6BBD

triadic

#2CB4BD #BD2CB4 #B4BD2C

tetradic

#2CB4BD #7D2CBD #BD352C #6BBD2C

square

#2CB4BD #7D2CBD #BD352C #6BBD2C

split-complementary

#2CB4BD #BD2C6B #BD7D2C

monochromatic

#15555A #20858B #2CB4BD #50CED6 #82DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#2CB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#2CB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB4BD

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB4BD	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbd0',
    500: '#2cb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb4bd;
$custom-light: #7ecbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.724,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70486,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB4BD

secondary

#CB7F7A

accent

#4D42E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB4BD

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

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