#2CB4CD#2CB4CD

#2CB4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB4CD
RGB	rgb(44, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -26.66, -22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 35.06, 220.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0961 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.115 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3746, 37.5822, 63.5044)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB4CD #CD452C

analogous

#2CCD96 #2CB4CD #2C64CD

triadic

#2CB4CD #CD2CB4 #B4CD2C

tetradic

#2CB4CD #962CCD #CD452C #64CD2C

square

#2CB4CD #962CCD #CD452C #64CD2C

split-complementary

#2CB4CD #CD2C64 #CD962C

monochromatic

#165C68 #21889B #2CB4CD #5BC8DC #8DD9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#2CB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#2CB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB4CD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB4CD	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cadc',
    500: '#2cb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb4cd;
$custom-light: #80cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.317,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71111,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB4CD

secondary

#D19084

accent

#5A40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB4CD

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

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