#2CB9B4#2CB9B4

#2CB9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9B4
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -36.68, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 37.53, 192.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1116 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.114 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6220, 38.5254, 49.2042)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9B4 #B92C31

analogous

#2CB96D #2CB9B4 #2C78B9

triadic

#2CB9B4 #B42CB9 #B9B42C

tetradic

#2CB9B4 #6D2CB9 #B92C31 #78B92C

square

#2CB9B4 #6D2CB9 #B92C31 #78B92C

split-complementary

#2CB9B4 #B92C78 #B96D2C

monochromatic

#145654 #208884 #2CB9B4 #4DD5D0 #7FE1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#2CB9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#2CB9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9B4

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9B4	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececa',
    500: '#2cb9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9b4;
$custom-light: #7ececa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.872,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71402,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9B4

secondary

#C9787B

accent

#4349E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9B4

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

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