#2CB4C6#2CB4C6

#2CB4C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.113 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB4C6
RGB	rgb(44, 180, 198)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -28.87, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 34.72, 213.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.099 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.113 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5485, 37.2518, 59.1535)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB4C6 #C63E2C

analogous

#2CC68B #2CB4C6 #2C67C6

triadic

#2CB4C6 #C62CB4 #B4C62C

tetradic

#2CB4C6 #8B2CC6 #C63E2C #67C62C

square

#2CB4C6 #8B2CC6 #C63E2C #67C62C

split-complementary

#2CB4C6 #C62C67 #C68B2C

monochromatic

#165962 #218694 #2CB4C6 #56CAD9 #88DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#2CB4C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#2CB4C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB4C6

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB4C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB4C6	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb4c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 180, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.113 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbd7',
    500: '#2cb4c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb4c6;
$custom-light: #7fcbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb4c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.013,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70831,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB4C6

secondary

#CE8980

accent

#5441E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB4C6

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

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