#2CB5C9#2CB5C9

#2CB5C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5C9
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 10%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -28.42, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 34.94, 215.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0987 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.114 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1006, 37.7968, 61.0615)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5C9 #C9402C

analogous

#2CC98E #2CB5C9 #2C67C9

triadic

#2CB5C9 #C92CB5 #B5C92C

tetradic

#2CB5C9 #8E2CC9 #C9402C #67C92C

square

#2CB5C9 #8E2CC9 #C9402C #67C92C

split-complementary

#2CB5C9 #C92C67 #C98E2C

monochromatic

#165B65 #218897 #2CB5C9 #58CADA #8ADAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#2CB5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#2CB5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5C9

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5C9	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbd9',
    500: '#2cb5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5c9;
$custom-light: #80cbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.643,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71193,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5C9

secondary

#CF8B82

accent

#5641E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5C9

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

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