#2CB9AD#2CB9AD

#2CB9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.115 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9AD
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 173)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -38.67, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 38.92, 186.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.1148 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.115 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9269, 38.2473, 45.5431)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9AD #B92C38

analogous

#2CB967 #2CB9AD #2C7EB9

triadic

#2CB9AD #AD2CB9 #B9AD2C

tetradic

#2CB9AD #672CB9 #B92C38 #7EB92C

square

#2CB9AD #672CB9 #B92C38 #7EB92C

split-complementary

#2CB9AD #B92C7E #B9672C

monochromatic

#145651 #20887F #2CB9AD #4DD5C9 #7FE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#2CB9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#2CB9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9AD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9AD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.115 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcec5',
    500: '#2cb9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9ad;
$custom-light: #7dcec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.894,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71169,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9AD

secondary

#C9787F

accent

#4351E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9AD

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

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