#2CB5A4#2CB5A4

#2CB5A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5A4
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 9.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -39.38, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 39.41, 182.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.115 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.115 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2601, 36.2606, 40.8352)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5A4 #B52C3D

analogous

#2CB560 #2CB5A4 #2C82B5

triadic

#2CB5A4 #A42CB5 #B5A42C

tetradic

#2CB5A4 #602CB5 #B52C3D #82B52C

square

#2CB5A4 #602CB5 #B52C3D #82B52C

split-complementary

#2CB5A4 #B52C82 #B5602C

monochromatic

#14534B #208477 #2CB5A4 #4BD3C2 #7CDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#2CB5A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#2CB5A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5A4

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5A4	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccbe',
    500: '#2cb5a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5a4;
$custom-light: #7cccbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.555,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69875,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5A4

secondary

#C8757F

accent

#4458E4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5A4

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

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