#2CB8B9#2CB8B9

#2CB8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8B9
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -34.75, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 36.43, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.1084 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.113 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9321, 38.3159, 51.8658)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8B9 #B92D2C

analogous

#2CB974 #2CB8B9 #2C71B9

triadic

#2CB8B9 #B92CB8 #B8B92C

tetradic

#2CB8B9 #742CB9 #B92D2C #71B92C

square

#2CB8B9 #742CB9 #B92D2C #71B92C

split-complementary

#2CB8B9 #B92C71 #B9742C

monochromatic

#145656 #208788 #2CB8B9 #4DD4D5 #7FE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#2CB8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#2CB8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8B9

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8B9	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecece',
    500: '#2cb8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8b9;
$custom-light: #7ecece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.426,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71328,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8B9

secondary

#C97878

accent

#4443E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8B9

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

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