#2CB8B3#2CB8B3

#2CB8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.113 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8B3
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -36.50, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 37.35, 192.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1111 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.113 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3121, 38.0679, 48.6002)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8B3 #B82C31

analogous

#2CB86D #2CB8B3 #2C77B8

triadic

#2CB8B3 #B32CB8 #B8B32C

tetradic

#2CB8B3 #6D2CB8 #B82C31 #77B82C

square

#2CB8B3 #6D2CB8 #B82C31 #77B82C

split-complementary

#2CB8B3 #B82C77 #B86D2C

monochromatic

#145553 #208783 #2CB8B3 #4DD4D0 #7EE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#2CB8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#2CB8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8B3

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8B3	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.113 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecec9',
    500: '#2cb8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8b3;
$custom-light: #7ecec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71119,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8B3

secondary

#C9777A

accent

#4349E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8B3

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

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