#2CB5BC#2CB5BC

#2CB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5BC
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -32.43, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 35.25, 203.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.1042 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.111 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6356, 37.2108, 53.3458)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5BC #BC332C

analogous

#2CBC7B #2CB5BC #2C6DBC

triadic

#2CB5BC #BC2CB5 #B5BC2C

tetradic

#2CB5BC #7B2CBC #BC332C #6DBC2C

square

#2CB5BC #7B2CBC #BC332C #6DBC2C

split-complementary

#2CB5BC #BC2C6D #BC7B2C

monochromatic

#155659 #20858A #2CB5BC #4FCFD6 #81DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#2CB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#2CB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5BC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5BC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbd0',
    500: '#2cb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5bc;
$custom-light: #7ecbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.917,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70696,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5BC

secondary

#CA7D79

accent

#4B43E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5BC

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

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