#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
RGBrgb(44, 185, 181)
HSLhsl(178, 62%, 45%)
HSVhsv(178, 76%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(76.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.44, -36.39, -8.46)
CIE-LCHlch(68.44, 37.36, 193.08°)
OKLaboklab(71.44% -0.1112 -0.0236)
OKLCHoklch(71.44% 0.114 192)
XYZxyz(26.7243, 38.5663, 49.7427)
Luminance0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##2CB9B51.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

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

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#2CB9B5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva