#2CB8C5#2CB8C5

#2CB8C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8C5
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -31.13, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 35.45, 208.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.1033 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.114 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2527, 38.8442, 58.8211)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8C5 #C5392C

analogous

#2CC586 #2CB8C5 #2C6CC5

triadic

#2CB8C5 #C52CB8 #B8C52C

tetradic

#2CB8C5 #862CC5 #C5392C #6CC52C

square

#2CB8C5 #862CC5 #C5392C #6CC52C

split-complementary

#2CB8C5 #C52C6C #C5862C

monochromatic

#165B61 #218993 #2CB8C5 #55CED9 #87DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#2CB8C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#2CB8C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8C5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8C5	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdd6',
    500: '#2cb8c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8c5;
$custom-light: #7fcdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.098,
    "s": 63.485,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71768,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8C5

secondary

#CE867F

accent

#4F41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8C5

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

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