#2CB9B7#2CB9B7

#2CB9B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9B7
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 183)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -35.80, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 37.04, 194.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1103 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.113 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9309, 38.6490, 50.8312)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9B7 #B92C2E

analogous

#2CB971 #2CB9B7 #2C74B9

triadic

#2CB9B7 #B72CB9 #B9B72C

tetradic

#2CB9B7 #712CB9 #B92C2E #74B92C

square

#2CB9B7 #712CB9 #B92C2E #74B92C

split-complementary

#2CB9B7 #B92C74 #B9712C

monochromatic

#145655 #208886 #2CB9B7 #4DD5D3 #7FE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#2CB9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#2CB9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9B7

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9B7	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececc',
    500: '#2cb9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9b7;
$custom-light: #7ececc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.149,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71505,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9B7

secondary

#C97879

accent

#4345E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9B7

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

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