#2CB8BD#2CB8BD

#2CB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8BD
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -33.56, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 35.97, 201.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.1067 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.113 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3603, 38.4872, 54.1210)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8BD #BD312C

analogous

#2CBD79 #2CB8BD #2C6FBD

triadic

#2CB8BD #BD2CB8 #B8BD2C

tetradic

#2CB8BD #792CBD #BD312C #6FBD2C

square

#2CB8BD #792CBD #BD312C #6FBD2C

split-complementary

#2CB8BD #BD2C6F #BD792C

monochromatic

#15575A #20888B #2CB8BD #50D2D6 #82DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#2CB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#2CB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8BD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8BD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fced0',
    500: '#2cb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8bd;
$custom-light: #7fced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8BD

secondary

#CB7D7A

accent

#4842E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8BD

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

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