#2CB9BB#2CB9BB

#2CB9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9BB
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -34.63, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 36.48, 198.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1085 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.113 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3532, 38.8179, 53.0550)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9BB #BB2E2C

analogous

#2CBB75 #2CB9BB #2C72BB

triadic

#2CB9BB #BB2CB9 #B9BB2C

tetradic

#2CB9BB #752CBB #BB2E2C #72BB2C

square

#2CB9BB #752CBB #BB2E2C #72BB2C

split-complementary

#2CB9BB #BB2C72 #BB752C

monochromatic

#155758 #208889 #2CB9BB #4FD4D6 #80E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2CB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#2CB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9BB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9BB	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)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ececf',
    500: '#2cb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9bb;
$custom-light: #7ececf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.839,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71646,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9BB

secondary

#CA7A79

accent

#4543E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9BB

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

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