#2CB5A9#2CB5A9

#2CB5A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.113 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5A9
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 169)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 6.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -37.99, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 38.22, 186.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.1127 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.113 186)
XYZ	xyz(24.7206, 36.4448, 43.2601)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5A9 #B52C38

analogous

#2CB565 #2CB5A9 #2C7CB5

triadic

#2CB5A9 #A92CB5 #B5A92C

tetradic

#2CB5A9 #652CB5 #B52C38 #7CB52C

square

#2CB5A9 #652CB5 #B52C38 #7CB52C

split-complementary

#2CB5A9 #B52C7C #B5652C

monochromatic

#14534D #20847B #2CB5A9 #4BD3C7 #7CDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#2CB5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#2CB5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5A9

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5A9	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.113 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccc2',
    500: '#2cb5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5a9;
$custom-light: #7cccc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.745,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70036,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.36448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5A9

secondary

#C8757C

accent

#4452E4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5A9

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

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