#2CB5B4#2CB5B4

#2CB5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5B4
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 180)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -34.82, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 36.17, 195.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.1077 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.111 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7970, 36.8753, 48.9292)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5B4 #B52C2D

analogous

#2CB570 #2CB5B4 #2C72B5

triadic

#2CB5B4 #B42CB5 #B5B42C

tetradic

#2CB5B4 #702CB5 #B52C2D #72B52C

square

#2CB5B4 #702CB5 #B52C2D #72B52C

split-complementary

#2CB5B4 #B52C72 #B5702C

monochromatic

#145352 #208483 #2CB5B4 #4BD3D2 #7CDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#2CB5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#2CB5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5B4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5B4	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbca',
    500: '#2cb5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5b4;
$custom-light: #7dcbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.562,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70408,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5B4

secondary

#C87576

accent

#4445E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5B4

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

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