#2CB8A6#2CB8A6

#2CB8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8A6
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -40.17, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 40.19, 181.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.117 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.117 182)
XYZ	xyz(25.0587, 37.5666, 41.9994)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8A6 #B82C3E

analogous

#2CB860 #2CB8A6 #2C84B8

triadic

#2CB8A6 #A62CB8 #B8A62C

tetradic

#2CB8A6 #602CB8 #B82C3E #84B82C

square

#2CB8A6 #602CB8 #B82C3E #84B82C

split-complementary

#2CB8A6 #B82C84 #B8602C

monochromatic

#14554D #208779 #2CB8A6 #4DD4C3 #7EE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#2CB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#2CB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8A6

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8A6	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccec0',
    500: '#2cb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8a6;
$custom-light: #7ccec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70694,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.3757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8A6

secondary

#C97782

accent

#4358E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8A6

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

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