#2CB5B6#2CB5B6

#2CB5B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5B6
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 182)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -34.23, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 35.89, 197.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.1068 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.111 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0022, 36.9574, 50.0100)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5B6 #B62D2C

analogous

#2CB672 #2CB5B6 #2C70B6

triadic

#2CB5B6 #B62CB5 #B5B62C

tetradic

#2CB5B6 #722CB6 #B62D2C #70B62C

square

#2CB5B6 #722CB6 #B62D2C #70B62C

split-complementary

#2CB5B6 #B62C70 #B6722C

monochromatic

#145353 #208485 #2CB5B6 #4CD3D4 #7DDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#2CB5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#2CB5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5B6

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5B6	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcb',
    500: '#2cb5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5b6;
$custom-light: #7dcbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.435,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5B6

secondary

#C87676

accent

#4544E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5B6

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

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