#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
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -33.64, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 35.64, 199.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.1059 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.111 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2104, 37.0407, 51.1063)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##2CB5B8	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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