#2CB5B8#2CB5B8

#2CB5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2CB5B8
RGBrgb(44, 181, 184)
HSLhsl(181, 61%, 45%)
HSVhsv(181, 76%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.31, -33.64, -11.80)
CIE-LCHlch(67.31, 35.64, 199.33°)
OKLaboklab(70.55% -0.1059 -0.0328)
OKLCHoklch(70.55% 0.111 197.2)
XYZxyz(26.2104, 37.0407, 51.1063)
Luminance0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2CB5B8 #B82F2C
analogous
#2CB875 #2CB5B8 #2C6FB8
triadic
#2CB5B8 #B82CB5 #B5B82C
tetradic
#2CB5B8 #752CB8 #B82F2C #6FB82C
square
#2CB5B8 #752CB8 #B82F2C #6FB82C
split-complementary
#2CB5B8 #B82C6F #B8752C
monochromatic
#145455 #208487 #2CB5B8 #4DD1D4 #7EDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#2CB5B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41
#2CB5B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5B8
8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2CB5B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2CB5B81.002.508.418.41
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4121.001.001.00
##0000008.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8ACB8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#949EB9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2cb5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 197.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbcd',
    500: '#2cb5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2cb5b8;
$custom-light: #7ecbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2cb5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7055,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2CB5B8
secondary
#C97977
accent
#4743E5
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0B1313
muted
#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5B8

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#2CB5B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva