#2CB5A8#2CB5A8

#2CB5A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5A8
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 168)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -38.27, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 38.44, 185.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.1131 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.114 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6271, 36.4074, 42.7676)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5A8 #B52C39

analogous

#2CB564 #2CB5A8 #2C7EB5

triadic

#2CB5A8 #A82CB5 #B5A82C

tetradic

#2CB5A8 #642CB5 #B52C39 #7EB52C

square

#2CB5A8 #642CB5 #B52C39 #7EB52C

split-complementary

#2CB5A8 #B52C7E #B5642C

monochromatic

#14534D #20847A #2CB5A8 #4BD3C6 #7CDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#2CB5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#2CB5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5A8

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5A8	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccc1',
    500: '#2cb5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5a8;
$custom-light: #7cccc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.307,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70003,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5A8

secondary

#C8757D

accent

#4453E4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5A8

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

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