#2CB9B5#2CB9B5

#2CB9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9B5
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -36.39, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 37.36, 193.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1112 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.114 192)
XYZ	xyz(26.7243, 38.5663, 49.7427)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9B5 #B92C30

analogous

#2CB96F #2CB9B5 #2C76B9

triadic

#2CB9B5 #B52CB9 #B9B52C

tetradic

#2CB9B5 #6F2CB9 #B92C30 #76B92C

square

#2CB9B5 #6F2CB9 #B92C30 #76B92C

split-complementary

#2CB9B5 #B92C76 #B96F2C

monochromatic

#145654 #208885 #2CB9B5 #4DD5D1 #7FE1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#2CB9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#2CB9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9B5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9B5	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)

#ADAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececb',
    500: '#2cb9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9b5;
$custom-light: #7ececb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.298,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71436,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.3857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9B5

secondary

#C9787A

accent

#4348E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9B5

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

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