#2CB8D0#2CB8D0

#2CB8D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8D0
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -27.69, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 35.63, 219.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0987 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.117 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5594, 39.3668, 65.7029)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8D0 #D0442C

analogous

#2CD096 #2CB8D0 #2C66D0

triadic

#2CB8D0 #D02CB8 #B8D02C

tetradic

#2CB8D0 #962CD0 #D0442C #66D02C

square

#2CB8D0 #962CD0 #D0442C #66D02C

split-complementary

#2CB8D0 #D02C66 #D0962C

monochromatic

#175F6B #218B9D #2CB8D0 #5DCADD #8FDAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#2CB8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#2CB8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8D0

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8D0	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdde',
    500: '#2cb8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8d0;
$custom-light: #81cdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8D0

secondary

#D29186

accent

#5840E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8D0

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

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