#2CB8A9#2CB8A9

#2CB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.116 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8A9
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -39.34, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 39.44, 184.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.1156 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.116 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3371, 37.6779, 43.4656)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8A9 #B82C3B

analogous

#2CB863 #2CB8A9 #2C81B8

triadic

#2CB8A9 #A92CB8 #B8A92C

tetradic

#2CB8A9 #632CB8 #B82C3B #81B82C

square

#2CB8A9 #632CB8 #B82C3B #81B82C

split-complementary

#2CB8A9 #B82C81 #B8632C

monochromatic

#14554E #20877C #2CB8A9 #4DD4C6 #7EE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#2CB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#2CB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8A9

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8A9	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.116 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcec2',
    500: '#2cb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8a9;
$custom-light: #7dcec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70789,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8A9

secondary

#C97780

accent

#4355E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8A9

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

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