#2CB8B6#2CB8B6

#2CB8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8B6
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -35.63, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 36.86, 194.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.1097 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.113 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6188, 38.1906, 50.2155)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8B6 #B82C2E

analogous

#2CB870 #2CB8B6 #2C74B8

triadic

#2CB8B6 #B62CB8 #B8B62C

tetradic

#2CB8B6 #702CB8 #B82C2E #74B82C

square

#2CB8B6 #702CB8 #B82C2E #74B82C

split-complementary

#2CB8B6 #B82C74 #B8702C

monochromatic

#145554 #208785 #2CB8B6 #4DD4D2 #7EE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#2CB8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#2CB8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8B6

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8B6	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececb',
    500: '#2cb8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8b6;
$custom-light: #7ececb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71223,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8B6

secondary

#C97778

accent

#4346E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8B6

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

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