#2CB5B5#2CB5B5

#2CB5B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5B5
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 181)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -34.53, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 36.02, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.1072 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.111 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8992, 36.9162, 49.4677)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5B5 #B52C2C

analogous

#2CB571 #2CB5B5 #2C71B5

triadic

#2CB5B5 #B52CB5 #B5B52C

tetradic

#2CB5B5 #712CB5 #B52C2C #71B52C

square

#2CB5B5 #712CB5 #B52C2C #71B52C

split-complementary

#2CB5B5 #B52C71 #B5712C

monochromatic

#145353 #208484 #2CB5B5 #4BD3D3 #7CDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#2CB5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#2CB5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5B5

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5B5	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#A9ACB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcb',
    500: '#2cb5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5b5;
$custom-light: #7dcbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5B5

secondary

#C87575

accent

#4444E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5B5

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

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