#2CB8AE#2CB8AE

#2CB8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8AE
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -37.94, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 38.31, 188.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1133 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.114 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8155, 37.8693, 45.9851)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8AE #B82C36

analogous

#2CB868 #2CB8AE #2C7CB8

triadic

#2CB8AE #AE2CB8 #B8AE2C

tetradic

#2CB8AE #682CB8 #B82C36 #7CB82C

square

#2CB8AE #682CB8 #B82C36 #7CB82C

split-complementary

#2CB8AE #B82C7C #B8682C

monochromatic

#145551 #20877F #2CB8AE #4DD4CB #7EE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#2CB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#2CB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8AE

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8AE	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcec6',
    500: '#2cb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8ae;
$custom-light: #7dcec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70952,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8AE

secondary

#C9777D

accent

#434FE5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8AE

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

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