#2CB5B9#2CB5B9

#2CB5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5B9
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 185)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -33.34, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 35.53, 200.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.1055 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.111 198)
XYZ	xyz(26.3155, 37.0828, 51.6603)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5B9 #B9302C

analogous

#2CB976 #2CB5B9 #2C6FB9

triadic

#2CB5B9 #B92CB5 #B5B92C

tetradic

#2CB5B9 #762CB9 #B9302C #6FB92C

square

#2CB5B9 #762CB9 #B9302C #6FB92C

split-complementary

#2CB5B9 #B92C6F #B9762C

monochromatic

#145456 #208588 #2CB5B9 #4DD1D5 #7FDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#2CB5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#2CB5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5B9

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5B9	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbce',
    500: '#2cb5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5b9;
$custom-light: #7ecbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.702,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70586,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.37086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5B9

secondary

#C97A78

accent

#4843E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5B9

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

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