#2CB5CD#2CB5CD

#2CB5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB5CD
RGB	rgb(44, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -27.15, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 35.15, 219.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0971 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.115 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5772, 37.9874, 63.5719)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB5CD #CD442C

analogous

#2CCD95 #2CB5CD #2C65CD

triadic

#2CB5CD #CD2CB5 #B5CD2C

tetradic

#2CB5CD #952CCD #CD442C #65CD2C

square

#2CB5CD #952CCD #CD442C #65CD2C

split-complementary

#2CB5CD #CD2C65 #CD952C

monochromatic

#165C68 #21899B #2CB5CD #5BC8DC #8DD9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#2CB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#2CB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB5CD

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB5CD	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbdc',
    500: '#2cb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb5cd;
$custom-light: #80cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.944,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71353,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB5CD

secondary

#D19084

accent

#5940E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB5CD

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

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