#2CB5A6#2CB5A6

#2CB5A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5A6
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 166)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 8.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -38.83, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 38.91, 183.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.114 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.114 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4422, 36.3334, 41.7939)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5A6 #B52C3B

analogous

#2CB562 #2CB5A6 #2C80B5

triadic

#2CB5A6 #A62CB5 #B5A62C

tetradic

#2CB5A6 #622CB5 #B52C3B #80B52C

square

#2CB5A6 #622CB5 #B52C3B #80B52C

split-complementary

#2CB5A6 #B52C80 #B5622C

monochromatic

#14534C #208479 #2CB5A6 #4BD3C4 #7CDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#2CB5A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#2CB5A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5A6

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5A6	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccc0',
    500: '#2cb5a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5a6;
$custom-light: #7cccc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.431,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69939,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5A6

secondary

#C8757E

accent

#4455E4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5A6

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

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