#2CB8B1#2CB8B1

#2CB8B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8B1
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 177)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -37.08, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 37.71, 190.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.112 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.114 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1113, 37.9876, 47.5426)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8B1 #B82C33

analogous

#2CB86B #2CB8B1 #2C79B8

triadic

#2CB8B1 #B12CB8 #B8B12C

tetradic

#2CB8B1 #6B2CB8 #B82C33 #79B82C

square

#2CB8B1 #6B2CB8 #B82C33 #79B82C

split-complementary

#2CB8B1 #B82C79 #B86B2C

monochromatic

#145552 #208781 #2CB8B1 #4DD4CE #7EE0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#2CB8B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#2CB8B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8B1

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8B1	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)

#ADAEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcec8',
    500: '#2cb8b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8b1;
$custom-light: #7dcec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71052,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8B1

secondary

#C9777B

accent

#434BE5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8B1

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

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