#2CB5AE#2CB5AE

#2CB5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5AE
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -36.57, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 37.18, 190.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.1104 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.112 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1990, 36.6361, 45.7796)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5AE #B52C33

analogous

#2CB56A #2CB5AE #2C78B5

triadic

#2CB5AE #AE2CB5 #B5AE2C

tetradic

#2CB5AE #6A2CB5 #B52C33 #78B52C

square

#2CB5AE #6A2CB5 #B52C33 #78B52C

split-complementary

#2CB5AE #B52C78 #B56A2C

monochromatic

#14534F #20847F #2CB5AE #4BD3CC #7CDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#2CB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#2CB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5AE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5AE	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dccc6',
    500: '#2cb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5ae;
$custom-light: #7dccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.934,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70202,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5AE

secondary

#C87579

accent

#444CE4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5AE

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

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