#2CB5B3#2CB5B3

#2CB5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5B3
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 179)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -35.11, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 36.32, 194.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.1081 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.111 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6955, 36.8347, 48.3946)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5B3 #B52C2E

analogous

#2CB56F #2CB5B3 #2C73B5

triadic

#2CB5B3 #B32CB5 #B5B32C

tetradic

#2CB5B3 #6F2CB5 #B52C2E #73B52C

square

#2CB5B3 #6F2CB5 #B52C2E #73B52C

split-complementary

#2CB5B3 #B52C73 #B56F2C

monochromatic

#145352 #208482 #2CB5B3 #4BD3D1 #7CDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#2CB5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#2CB5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5B3

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5B3	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbc9',
    500: '#2cb5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5b3;
$custom-light: #7dcbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.124,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70373,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5B3

secondary

#C87576

accent

#4446E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5B3

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

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