#2CB5B7#2CB5B7

#2CB5B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5B7
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 183)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -33.93, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 35.76, 198.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.1064 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.111 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1059, 36.9989, 50.5562)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5B7 #B72E2C

analogous

#2CB773 #2CB5B7 #2C70B7

triadic

#2CB5B7 #B72CB5 #B5B72C

tetradic

#2CB5B7 #732CB7 #B72E2C #70B72C

square

#2CB5B7 #732CB7 #B72E2C #70B72C

split-complementary

#2CB5B7 #B72C70 #B7732C

monochromatic

#145354 #208486 #2CB5B7 #4CD2D4 #7EDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#2CB5B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#2CB5B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5B7

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5B7	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbcc',
    500: '#2cb5b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5b7;
$custom-light: #7ecbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70514,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5B7

secondary

#C87876

accent

#4643E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5B7

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

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