#2CB9B8#2CB9B8

#2CB9B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9B8
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -35.51, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 36.89, 195.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1098 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.113 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0354, 38.6908, 51.3813)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9B8 #B92C2D

analogous

#2CB971 #2CB9B8 #2C74B9

triadic

#2CB9B8 #B82CB9 #B9B82C

tetradic

#2CB9B8 #712CB9 #B92C2D #74B92C

square

#2CB9B8 #712CB9 #B92C2D #74B92C

split-complementary

#2CB9B8 #B92C74 #B9712C

monochromatic

#145656 #208887 #2CB9B8 #4DD5D4 #7FE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2CB9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#2CB9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9B8

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9B8	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececd',
    500: '#2cb9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9b8;
$custom-light: #7ececd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.574,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9B8

secondary

#C97878

accent

#4344E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9B8

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

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