#2CB8B4#2CB8B4

#2CB8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8B4
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -36.22, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 37.18, 193.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.1106 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.113 192)
XYZ	xyz(26.4136, 38.1085, 49.1347)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8B4 #B82C30

analogous

#2CB86E #2CB8B4 #2C76B8

triadic

#2CB8B4 #B42CB8 #B8B42C

tetradic

#2CB8B4 #6E2CB8 #B82C30 #76B82C

square

#2CB8B4 #6E2CB8 #B82C30 #76B82C

split-complementary

#2CB8B4 #B82C76 #B86E2C

monochromatic

#145553 #208784 #2CB8B4 #4DD4D1 #7EE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#2CB8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#2CB8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8B4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8B4	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececa',
    500: '#2cb8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8b4;
$custom-light: #7ececa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.38112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8B4

secondary

#C97779

accent

#4348E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8B4

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

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