#2CB9BD#2CB9BD

#2CB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9BD
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -34.03, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 36.25, 200.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.1076 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.113 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5688, 38.9041, 54.1905)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9BD #BD302C

analogous

#2CBD78 #2CB9BD #2C70BD

triadic

#2CB9BD #BD2CB9 #B9BD2C

tetradic

#2CB9BD #782CBD #BD302C #70BD2C

square

#2CB9BD #782CBD #BD302C #70BD2C

split-complementary

#2CB9BD #BD2C70 #BD782C

monochromatic

#15585A #20888B #2CB9BD #50D3D6 #82DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#2CB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#2CB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9BD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9BD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fced0',
    500: '#2cb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9bd;
$custom-light: #7fced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.655,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71718,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9BD

secondary

#CB7C7A

accent

#4742E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9BD

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

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