#2CB9BA#2CB9BA

#2CB9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9BA
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -34.92, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 36.61, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.109 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.113 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2465, 38.7752, 52.4932)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9BA #BA2D2C

analogous

#2CBA74 #2CB9BA #2C72BA

triadic

#2CB9BA #BA2CB9 #B9BA2C

tetradic

#2CB9BA #742CBA #BA2D2C #72BA2C

square

#2CB9BA #742CBA #BA2D2C #72BA2C

split-complementary

#2CB9BA #BA2C72 #BA742C

monochromatic

#155757 #208889 #2CB9BA #4ED4D5 #80E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2CB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#2CB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9BA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9BA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecece',
    500: '#2cb9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9ba;
$custom-light: #7ecece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.423,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71611,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9BA

secondary

#CA7978

accent

#4443E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9BA

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

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