#2CB8BB#2CB8BB

#2CB8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.113 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8BB
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -34.16, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 36.18, 199.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1075 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.113 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1447, 38.4010, 52.9856)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8BB #BB2F2C

analogous

#2CBB77 #2CB8BB #2C70BB

triadic

#2CB8BB #BB2CB8 #B8BB2C

tetradic

#2CB8BB #772CBB #BB2F2C #70BB2C

square

#2CB8BB #772CBB #BB2F2C #70BB2C

split-complementary

#2CB8BB #BB2C70 #BB772C

monochromatic

#155758 #208789 #2CB8BB #4FD3D6 #80DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#2CB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#2CB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8BB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8BB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.113 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececf',
    500: '#2cb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8bb;
$custom-light: #7ececf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.259,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71399,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8BB

secondary

#CA7B79

accent

#4643E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8BB

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

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