#2CB9B6#2CB9B6

#2CB9B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9B6
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -36.10, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 37.19, 193.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.1107 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.114 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8272, 38.6075, 50.2850)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9B6 #B92C2F

analogous

#2CB96F #2CB9B6 #2C76B9

triadic

#2CB9B6 #B62CB9 #B9B62C

tetradic

#2CB9B6 #6F2CB9 #B92C2F #76B92C

square

#2CB9B6 #6F2CB9 #B92C2F #76B92C

split-complementary

#2CB9B6 #B92C76 #B96F2C

monochromatic

#145655 #208885 #2CB9B6 #4DD5D2 #7FE1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#2CB9B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#2CB9B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9B6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9B6	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececb',
    500: '#2cb9b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9b6;
$custom-light: #7ececb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.723,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9B6

secondary

#C97879

accent

#4347E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9B6

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

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