#2CB9B3#2CB9B3

#2CB9B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9B3
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -36.96, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 37.71, 191.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1121 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.114 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5205, 38.4848, 48.6697)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9B3 #B92C32

analogous

#2CB96D #2CB9B3 #2C78B9

triadic

#2CB9B3 #B32CB9 #B9B32C

tetradic

#2CB9B3 #6D2CB9 #B92C32 #78B92C

square

#2CB9B3 #6D2CB9 #B92C32 #78B92C

split-complementary

#2CB9B3 #B92C78 #B96D2C

monochromatic

#145653 #208883 #2CB9B3 #4DD5CF #7FE1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#2CB9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#2CB9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9B3

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9B3	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)

#AEAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecec9',
    500: '#2cb9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9b3;
$custom-light: #7ecec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.447,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9B3

secondary

#C9787B

accent

#434AE5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9B3

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

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